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    Green Low-Carbon Technology for Metalliferous Minerals (2022)
    MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Description: Metalliferous minerals play a central role in the global economy. They will continue to provide the raw materials we need for industrial processes. Significant challenges will likely emerge if the climate-driven green and low-carbon development transition of metalliferous mineral exploitation is not managed responsibly and sustainably. Green low-carbon technology is vital to promote the development of metalliferous mineral resources shifting from extensive and destructive mining to clean and energy-saving mining in future decades. Global mining scientists and engineers have conducted a lot of research in related fields, such as green mining, ecological mining, energy-saving mining, and mining solid waste recycling, and have achieved a great deal of innovative progress and achievements. This Special Issue intends to collect the latest developments in the green low-carbon mining field, written by well-known researchers who have contributed to the innovation of new technologies, process optimization methods, or energy-saving techniques in metalliferous minerals development.
    Keywords: metallurgical slag-based binders ; solidification/stabilisation ; As(III) ; As(V) ; calcium hydroxide ; sublevel caving ; numerical simulation ; physical model ; structural parameter ; green mining ; limestone ; high temperature ; confining pressure ; SHPB ; constitutive model ; open-pit mine ; PLAXIS 3D ; dynamic load ; safety factor ; acceleration ; particle sedimentation ; filling mining ; degree of influence ; pipeline transportation ; solid waste utilization ; tailings ; reclamation risk ; hazard identification ; complex network ; hazard management ; digital mine ; mine short-term production planning ; haulage equipment dispatch plan ; ABCA ; NSGA ; settlement velocity measurement ; K-means ; tailings backfill ; unsupervised learning ; cemented paste backfill ; ESEM ; picture processing ; floc networks ; pumping agent ; fractal dimension ; backfill slurry ; strength of cemented backfill ; inhomogeneity of cemented backfill ; cemented tailings backfill ; copper ; zinc ; recovery ; sulfide concentrate ; artificial microbial community ; granular backfill ; bearing characteristics ; numerical model ; particle size ; surface subsidence ; blasting dust movement ; dust concentration ; particle size distribution ; blasting dust reduction ; backfill ; metal mine ; log-sigmoid ; tailings pond ; regional distribution ; dam break ; accident statistics ; causation analysis ; backfilling ; increasing resistance and reducing pressure ; computational fluid dynamics ; spiral pipe ; stowing gradient ; coal-based solid waste ; orthogonal experiment ; strength development ; regression analysis ; engineering performance ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues::TBX History of engineering and technology ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TT Other technologies and applied sciences::TTU Mining technology and engineering
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    Machine Learning and Data Mining Applications in Power Systems (2022)
    MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Description: This Special Issue was intended as a forum to advance research and apply machine-learning and data-mining methods to facilitate the development of modern electric power systems, grids and devices, and smart grids and protection devices, as well as to develop tools for more accurate and efficient power system analysis. Conventional signal processing is no longer adequate to extract all the relevant information from distorted signals through filtering, estimation, and detection to facilitate decision-making and control actions. Machine learning algorithms, optimization techniques and efficient numerical algorithms, distributed signal processing, machine learning, data-mining statistical signal detection, and estimation may help to solve contemporary challenges in modern power systems. The increased use of digital information and control technology can improve the grid’s reliability, security, and efficiency; the dynamic optimization of grid operations; demand response; the incorporation of demand-side resources and integration of energy-efficient resources; distribution automation; and the integration of smart appliances and consumer devices. Signal processing offers the tools needed to convert measurement data to information, and to transform information into actionable intelligence. This Special Issue includes fifteen articles, authored by international research teams from several countries.
    Keywords: virtual power plant (VPP) ; power quality (PQ) ; global index ; distributed energy resources (DER) ; energy storage systems (ESS) ; power systems ; long-term assessment ; battery energy storage systems (BESS) ; smart grids ; conducted disturbances ; power quality ; supraharmonics ; 2–150 kHz ; Power Line Communications (PLC) ; intentional emission ; non-intentional emission ; mains signalling ; virtual power plant ; data mining ; clustering ; distributed energy resources ; energy storage systems ; short term conditions ; cluster analysis (CA) ; nonlinear loads ; harmonics, cancellation, and attenuation of harmonics ; waveform distortion ; THDi ; low-voltage networks ; optimization techniques ; different batteries ; off-grid microgrid ; integrated renewable energy system ; cluster analysis ; K-means ; agglomerative ; ANFIS ; fuzzy logic ; induction generator ; MPPT ; neural network ; renewable energy ; variable speed WECS ; wind energy conversion system ; wind energy ; frequency estimation ; spectrum interpolation ; power network disturbances ; COVID-19 ; time-varying reproduction number ; social distancing ; load profile ; demographic characteristic ; household energy consumption ; demand-side management ; energy management ; time series ; Hidden Markov Model ; short-term forecast ; sparse signal decomposition ; supervised dictionary learning ; dictionary impulsion ; singular value decomposition ; discrete cosine transform ; discrete Haar transform ; discrete wavelet transform ; transient stability assessment ; home energy management ; binary-coded genetic algorithms ; optimal power scheduling ; demand response ; Data Injection Attack ; machine learning ; critical infrastructure ; smart grid ; water treatment plant ; power system ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues::TBX History of engineering and technology ; thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KN Industry and industrial studies::KNB Energy industries and utilities
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    Advances in Antimicrobial Coatings (2022)
    MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-28
    Description: This book is motivated by our passion to compile recent research on antimicrobial surfaces. We aimed to assemble research papers on the preparation of new materials, antimicrobial testing using different pathogens (bacteria, fungi, and viruses), and the relationship between the coating nanostructure and its reactivity towards the studied pathogen(s). We believe that a good antimicrobial coating should by characterized by (i) a fast activity towards the pathogen, (ii) sustainable activity based on the stability of the coating, and (iii) the lowest possible toxicity for humans and reduced risks for the environment. Striking a compromise between these different challenges is difficult and requires more research.
    Keywords: active packaging ; chitosan ; methylcellulose ; natamycin ; antimicrobial action ; quaternary ammonium groups ; acrylic acid ; glycidyl methacrylate ; crosslinking reaction ; coating ; edible films ; edible coatings ; antimicrobial agents ; fresh fish ; spoilage ; shelf-life ; black anther disease ; orchid cut flower ; silver nanoparticles ; antifouling efficacy ; flow-through ; triangular box ; Amphibalanus amphitrite ; cuprous oxide ; dynamic aging ; repellant activity ; raft experiment ; bioassay ; biofouling of ships’ hull ; polypropylene ; hernia meshes ; antibacterial ; drug release ; polydopamine ; antimicrobial ; citric acid ; cross-linked ; cold plasma ; antimicrobial activity ; brilliant green ; crystal violet ; demethylation ; lignin ; polyurethane coatings ; triphenylmethane dyes ; 3D printing ; catheters ; dialysis ; extrusion ; infections ; manufacturing ; infection ; coatings ; silver ; nanomaterials ; plasma deposition ; titanium-based thin films ; copper ; magnetron sputtering ; super-elastic coatings ; E. coli inactivation ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues
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    Empowering Materials Processing and Performance from Data and AI (2022)
    MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-09
    Description: Third millennium engineering address new challenges in materials sciences and engineering. In particular, the advances in materials engineering combined with the advances in data acquisition, processing and mining as well as artificial intelligence allow for new ways of thinking in designing new materials and products. Additionally, this gives rise to new paradigms in bridging raw material data and processing to the induced properties and performance. This present topical issue is a compilation of contributions on novel ideas and concepts, addressing several key challenges using data and artificial intelligence, such as:- proposing new techniques for data generation and data mining;- proposing new techniques for visualizing, classifying, modeling, extracting knowledge, explaining and certifying data and data-driven models;- processing data to create data-driven models from scratch when other models are absent, too complex or too poor for making valuable predictions;- processing data to enhance existing physic-based models to improve the quality of the prediction capabilities and, at the same time, to enable data to be smarter; and- processing data to create data-driven enrichment of existing models when physics-based models exhibit limits within a hybrid paradigm.
    Keywords: plasticity ; machine learning ; constitutive modeling ; manifold learning ; topological data analysis ; GENERIC ; soft living tissues ; hyperelasticity ; computational modeling ; data-driven mechanics ; TDA ; Code2Vect ; nonlinear regression ; effective properties ; microstructures ; model calibration ; sensitivity analysis ; elasto-visco-plasticity ; Gaussian process ; high-throughput experimentation ; additive manufacturing ; Ti–Mn alloys ; spherical indentation ; statistical analysis ; Gaussian process regression ; nanoporous metals ; open-pore foams ; FE-beam model ; data mining ; mechanical properties ; hardness ; principal component analysis ; structure–property relationship ; microcompression ; nanoindentation ; analytical model ; finite element model ; artificial neural networks ; model correction ; feature engineering ; physics based ; data driven ; laser shock peening ; residual stresses ; data-driven ; multiscale ; nonlinear ; stochastics ; neural networks ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues
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    Den Truppen auf der Spur (2022)
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-01
    Description: Zum niederländischen Militär in der frühen Neuzeit gehörte es, dass Soldaten regelmäßig gemustert wurden. Die Schlagkräftigkeit des Militärs sollte aufrechterhalten werden. Dazu reisten Musterungskommissare in die Garnisonsorte und begutachteten die Truppen. Neben ihren Amtsgeschäften widmeten die Kommissare sich oftmals intensiv "touristischen" Vergnügungen. Die Berichte geben in niederländischer Sprache daher nicht nur Einblicke in das Musterungswesen selbst, sondern vor allem in das Reisen im 18. Jahrhundert. Dabei lassen sie in deutlicher Form das soziale Leben der Zeit nachvollziehen.
    Keywords: History ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History
    Language: German
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    Towards Greenhouse Gas Mitigation: Novelty in Heterogeneous Catalysis (2022)
    MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Description: This book has focused on novel developments and advancements in the field of heterogeneous catalysis with the aim of greenhouse gas reduction. The book determines whether carbon dioxide is a crisis or an opportunity, as well as its conversion into useful products such as synthesis gas. Moreover, the selective catalytic removal of nitrogen oxides is also presented.
    Keywords: Al2O3 ; CO2 reforming ; La2O3 ; CH4 ; ZrO2 ; perovskites ; strontium ; cerium ; hydrogen ; sintering ; carbon deposition ; BiF3 nanostructure ; POP composite ; photocatalyst ; Rz ink ; CO2 ; stability ; H-ZSM-5 ; greenhouse gas reduction ; CeO2 ; MgO ; dry reforming ; heterogeneous catalysis ; in situ XRD ; carbon dioxide (CO2) ; carbon monoxide (CO) ; CO2 feedstock ; methanation ; catalyst ; catalysis ; photocatalysis ; Power-to-Gas ; catalyst design ; heterogenous catalysts database ; ceramic foams ; ZnO nanorods ; TiO2 nanorods ; NOx mitigation (deNOx) ; environmental nanocatalysis ; selective catalytic reduction SCR ; W and V catalytic sites ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TD Industrial chemistry and manufacturing technologies::TDC Industrial chemistry and chemical engineering
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    Biomedical Sensing and Imaging (2022)
    MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-09
    Description: This book mainly deals with recent advances in biomedical sensing and imaging. More recently, wearable/smart biosensors and devices, which facilitate diagnostics in a non-clinical setting, have become a hot topic. Combined with machine learning and artificial intelligence, they could revolutionize the biomedical diagnostic field. The aim of this book is to provide a research forum in biomedical sensing and imaging and extend the scientific frontier of this very important and significant biomedical endeavor.
    Keywords: finite element method ; thin shell model ; β dispersion ; Maxwell–Wagner effect ; bio-impedance spectroscopy ; multisensory ; electromyography ; pattern recognition ; rehabilitation ; blood coagulation ; image sensing ; image classification ; electrical impedance tomography ; frequency difference ; time difference ; lung imaging ; electromagnetic detection and biosensors ; electromagnetic biological theory ; biomedical application ; frequency ; machine learning ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues
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    Biotechnology for Sustainability and Social Well Being (2022)
    MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-09
    Description: This book covers the latest development of bioprocess technology including theoretical, numerical, and experimental approaches in biotechnology as well as green technology that bridge conventional practices and Industry 4.0. Bioprocessing is one of the key factors in several emerging industries of biofuels, used in the production of biogas, bioethanol, and biodiesel; industrial enzymes; waste management through biotechnology; new vaccines; and many more. It is hoped that the novel bioprocess and green biotechnologies presented in this book are useful in assisting the global community in working towards fulfilling the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) of the United Nations.
    Keywords: extraction ; leaf ; liquid biphasic flotation ; polygonum ; protein ; date fruits ; proximate analysis ; physico-chemical characteristics ; date sugar ; phytoconstituents ; amino acids ; biomaterials ; Ficus carica ; diabetes mellitus ; proteomics ; sperm quality ; bioeconomy ; bioprocesses ; applications ; policy ; social welfare ; sustainability ; nanofiltration ; lipase ; Fusarium heterosporum ; fatty acid methyl ester ; electronics package ; induction heating ; magnetic field ; electric field ; TM110 single-mode cavity ; solder ; eddy current ; GABA ; fermented food ; functional food ; non-protein amino acid ; soy sauce fermentation ; lignocellulosic biomass ; holocellulose ; CMC ; degree of substitution ; excipient ; non-edible ; oil ; biodiesel production ; fuel ; Lactobacillus isolation ; lag phase ; bacteria sequencing ; breast milk ; chitosan ; co-loaded nanoparticles ; hydrophobic modification ; l-ascorbic acid ; thymoquinone ; sustainable supply chain management (SSSCM) ; social sustainability ; qualitative research ; Pakistan ; biohydrogen production ; immobilised cells ; entrapment ; alginate ; activated carbon ; carbon dioxide ; culture media ; microorganism ; optimization ; plant growth promoting rhizobacteria ; oil palm seedlings nursery ; biofertilizers ; chemical fertilizer ; n/a ; sago hampas ; amylase ; cellulase ; substrate feeding ; saccharification ; biomass ; waste cooking oil ; green fuel ; biodiesel ; heterogeneous catalyst ; deoxygenation ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues
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    Food Waste Valorization (2022)
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Description: Food waste is becoming an important and growing concern at both local and global levels. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), one-third of all food production is wasted globally, and in particular, 1.3 billion tons of food produced for human consumption is wasted per year, representing an economic loss of EUR 800 billion. The main foods wasted are represented by vegetables, fruits, meat, and fish. Considering the high availability and the composition of food waste, there is an increasing interest in their bio-valorization. Moreover, according to the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs 12 and 13), an appropriate waste management represents an essential prerequisite for the sustainable development.This reprint collects interesting manuscripts regarding innovative research focused on food waste valorization through fermentation processes for obtaining value-added products such as enzymes, feed additives, biofuels, animal feeds as well as other useful chemicals or products, food-grade pigments, and single-cell protein (SCP), enhancing food security and environmentally sustainable development.
    Keywords: industrial food waste ; valorization ; biorefinery ; bioenergy ; biobased materials ; promotion policy ; rice husk ; pyrolysis ; porous biochar ; pore property ; surface composition ; microbial red pigment ; Monascus purpureus ; simultaneous hydrolysis and fermentation ; sustainability ; whey ; RSM ; bioethanol ; yeast fermentation ; sugar beet molasses ; industrial by-product ; scale-up ; agricultural waste ; wastewater ; microbial fuel cell ; techno-economic ; commercialization ; life cycle assessment ; Neurospora intermedia ; bread ; process development ; cheese whey ; Aspergillus awamori ; β-galactosidase ; lactose hydrolysis ; Acetobacter xylinum ; bacterial cellulose ; biosurfactant ; bioemulsifier ; waste frying oil ; Bacillus cereus ; food additives ; cookie ; microalgae ; DHA ; lignocellulosic biomass ; organosolv fractionation ; liquid fraction ; solid pulp ; omega-3 fatty acids ; soap ; olives ; olive oil ; fermentation ; food waste ; fish waste ; citrus peel ; aquafeed ; Saccharomyces cerevisiae ; Lactobacillus reuteri ; whey product ; proteins ; ultrafiltration ; nanofiltration ; keratinocytes scratch assay ; mozzarella cheese manufacturing ; pressing residue ; grape ; apple ; silage ; animal production ; enzyme production ; polyphenols ; Juglans regia L. ; walnut green husk ; agricultural wastes ; soil conditions ; glucans ; pectins ; Aspergillus oryzae ; rice hull ; paper mill wastewater ; bioremediation ; amylase ; solid-state fermentation (SSF) ; goat feeding ; durian peel ; silage additives ; propionate ; methane mitigation ; nitrogen balance ; waste management ; biofuel production ; circular economy ; single cell protein ; value-added product ; food and feed production ; yeast ; probiotics ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TC Biochemical engineering::TCB Biotechnology
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    Amerikanische Revolution und niederländische Finanzanleihen 1776–1782 (2022)
    Waxmann Verlag GmbH
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-02
    Description: Das 18. Jahrhundert war ein Jahrhundert des weltumspannenden politischen, ökonomischen und sozialen Wandels, der alte Herrschaftssysteme herausforderte und neuen politischen und gesellschaftlichen Kräften in zwei Revolutionen zum Durchbruch verhalf. Die vorliegende Untersuchung thematisiert diesen Prozess am Beispiel der transatlantischen Beziehungen zwischen den Niederlanden und den nach Selbstständigkeit strebenden Kolonien in Amerika zwischen 1776 und 1782. Den amerikanischen Kolonisten ging es um zweierlei: einerseits um die völkerrechtliche Anerkennung ihres Abfalls vom englischen Königreich und andererseits um die finanzielle Unterstützung der amerikanischen Revolutionäre durch die anderen europäischen Staaten. Hierbei spielten die Republik der Vereinigten Niederlande diplomatisch und die Amsterdamer Finanzhäuser ökonomisch eine viel zu lang unterschätzte Rolle. In einer Nahbetrachtung der diplomatischen und finanztechnischen Aktionen der beteiligten Diplomaten, Politiker und Kaufleute und ihrer jeweiligen Einschätzungen durch Roland Richter wird die Komplexität des historischen Prozesses erkennbar und ein weiterführender Beitrag zur transatlantischen Niederlandeforschung geleistet.
    Keywords: History ; Europe ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history
    Language: German
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    Reinforced Polymer Composites (2022)
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-09
    Description: This book, consisting of 21 articles, including three review papers, written by research groups of experts in the field, considers recent research on reinforced polymer composites. Most of them relate to the fiber-reinforced polymer composites, which are a real hot topic in the field. Depending on the reinforcing fiber nature, such composites are divided into synthetic and natural fiber-reinforced ones. Synthetic fibers, such as carbon, glass, or basalt, provide more stiffness, while natural fibers, such as jute, flax, bamboo, kenaf, and others, are inexpensive and biodegradable, making them environmentally friendly. To acquire the benefits of design flexibility and recycling possibilities, natural reinforcers can be hybridized with small amounts of synthetic fibers to make them more desirable for technical applications. Elaborated composites have great potential as structural materials in automotive, marine and aerospace application, as fire resistant concrete, in bridge systems, as mechanical gear pair, as biomedical materials for dentistry and orthopedic application and tissue engineering, as well as functional materials such as proton-exchange membranes, biodegradable superabsorbent resins and polymer electrolytes.
    Keywords: glass fibers ; surface modification ; polyethersulfone ; impregnation ; composite materials ; mechanical properties ; damping properties ; stability ; 3D printing ; composites ; DLP ; lignocellulose ; nanoindentation ; fiber-reinforced polymer ; natural fibers ; synthetic fibers ; PET fiber ; PP ; compatibility ; modification ; co-injection molding ; fiber reinforced plastics (FRP) ; fiber orientation distribution (FOD) ; micro-computerized tomography (μ-CT) scan technology ; bearing ; salt fog aging ; glass-flax hybrid coposites ; pinned joints ; failure modes ; polymer-matrix composites ; carbon fibers ; polysulfone ; rubber ; short jute fibers ; surface treatments ; scanning electron microscopy ; PVA ; CMC ; Na2CO3 ; film ; hydrogel mechanical properties ; nanocomposites ; double-network hydrogels ; polymer–nanoparticle interactions ; bamboo-plastic composites (BPCs) ; waste bamboo fibers ; chemical composition ; physico-mechanical properties ; thermal decomposition kinetics ; PEEK composites ; reinforcements ; self-lubricating bush ; friction and wear ; pin joints ; flat slab ; two-way shear ; carbon fiber reinforced polymers ; glass fiber reinforced polymers ; natural rubber ; maleated natural rubber ; palm stearin ; halloysite nanotubes ; heat treatment ; surface modification of staple carbon fiber ; natural rubber latex ; reinforcement mechanism ; dopamine ; rubber composite ; bifunctionally composite ; sulfonic acid based proton exchange membrane ; silica nanofiber ; mechanical stability ; high temperature fuel cell ; polyetherimide ; polycarbonate ; polyphenylene sulfone ; kenaf fibre ; glass fibre ; hybrid composites ; low velocity impact ; damage progression ; bamboo ; n/a ; poly (lactic acid) (PLA) ; wastes rubber ; recycling ; tensile properties ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues
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    Anaerobic Co-Digestion of Lignocellulosic Waste (2022)
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-09
    Description: Some terms, such as eco-friendly, circular economy and green technologies, have remained in our vocabulary, because the truth is that mankind is altering the planet to put its own subsistence at risk. Besides, for rationalization in the consumption of raw materials and energy, the recycling of waste through efficient and sustainable processes forms the backbone of the paradigm of a sustainable industry. One of the most relevant technologies for the new productive model is anaerobic digestion. Historically, anaerobic digestion has been developed in the field of urban wastes and wastewater treatments, but in the new challenge, its role is more relevant. Anaerobic digestion is a technologically mature biological treatment, which joins bioenergy production with the efficient removal of contaminants. This issue provides a specialized, but broad in scope, overview of the possibilities of the anaerobic digestion of lignocellulosic biomass (mainly forestry and agricultural wastes), which is expected to be a more promising substrate for the development of biorefineries. Its conversion to bioenergy through anaerobic digestion must solve some troubles: the complex lignocellulosic structure needs to be deconstructed by pretreatments and a co-substrate may need to be added to improve the biological process. Ten selected works advance this proposal into the future.
    Keywords: exhausted sugar beet pulp ; pig manure ; anaerobic co-digestion ; thermophilic ; lignocellulosic waste ; anaerobic digestion ; biogas ; optimization ; operating parameters ; review ; particle-rich substrate ; suspended solids disintegration ; disintegration kinetics ; cellulase ; lignocellulosic biomass ; pretreatment methods ; limitations ; hydro-thermal pretreatment ; biofuels ; feedstock and degradation pathway ; AD systems ; pretreatment technologies ; process stability ; codigestion ; rice straw ; nutrients ; recycling ; digestate ; methane ; corn residue ; organosolv pretreatment ; sugar beet by-products ; manure ; semi-continuous feeding mode ; methane improvement ; non-classical parameters ; sorghum mutant ; biomass ; soluble sugars ; dilute acid pretreatment ; one-pot process ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues
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    Advances in Sustainable Concrete System (2022)
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Description: In recent years, the implementation of sustainable concrete systems has been a topic of great interest in the field of construction engineering worldwide, as a result of the large and rapid increase in carbon emissions and environmental problems resulting from traditional concrete production and industry. For example, the uses of supplementary cementitious materials, geopolymer binder, recycled aggregate and industrial/agricultural wastes in concrete are all approaches to building a sustainable concrete system. However, such materials have inherent flaws due to their variety of sources, and exhibit very different properties compared with traditional concrete. Therefore, they require specific modifications in preprocessing, design, and evaluation before use in concrete. This reprint, entitled “Advances in Sustainable Concrete System”, covers a broad range of advanced concrete research in environmentally friendly concretes, cost-effective admixtures, and waste recycling, specifically including the design methods, mechanical properties, durability, microstructure, various models, hydration mechanisms, and practical applications of solid wastes in concrete systems.
    Keywords: high-strength concrete ; energy evolution ; elastic strain energy ; brittleness evaluation index ; concrete ; humidity ; moisture absorption ; moisture desorption ; numerical simulation ; acoustic emission ; AE rate process theory ; corrosion rate ; damage evolution ; axial load ; precast concrete structure ; lattice girder semi-precast slabs ; bending resistance ; FE modelling ; concrete damage ; GSP ; high strength ; hydration ; strength ; penetrability ; rice husk ash ; sustainable concrete ; artificial neural networks ; multiple linear regression ; eco-friendly concrete ; green concrete ; sustainable development ; artificial intelligence ; data science ; machine learning ; bagasse ash ; mechanical properties ; natural coarse aggregate ; recycled coarse aggregate ; two-stage concrete ; materials design ; recycled concrete ; crumb rubber concrete ; crumb rubber ; NaOH treatment ; lime treatment ; water treatment ; detergent treatment ; compressive strength ; materials ; adhesively-bonded joint ; temperature aging ; residual strength ; mechanical behavior ; failure criterion ; steel slag powder ; compound activator ; mortar strength ; orthogonal experiment ; GM (0, N) model ; ultrafine metakaolin ; silica fume ; durability ; fiber-reinforced concrete ; damage mechanism ; uniaxial tension ; cracked concrete ; crack width ; crack depth ; tortuosity ; sustainability ; concrete composites ; sulfate and acid attacks ; WPFT fibers ; coal gangue ; gradation ; cement content ; unconfined compressive strength ; freeze–thaw cycle ; minimum energy dissipation principle ; three-shear energy yield criterion ; damage variable ; constitutive model ; phosphorus slag ; limestone ; sulphate-corrosion resistance ; volume deformation ; blast furnace ferronickel slag ; alkali-activated material ; dosage of activator ; reactive powder concrete ; beam-column joint ; FE modeling ; crack ; cementitious gravel ; fly ash ; age ; optimal dosage ; bamboo ; sawdust ; pretreatment ; bio-based material ; mechanical property ; self-compacting concrete ; supplementary cementitious materials ; hydration mechanisms ; microstructure ; fresh properties ; synthetic polymer ; high temperature ; bentonite-free drilling fluid ; rheology ; filtration ; FRP reinforced concrete slab ; punching shear strength ; SHAP ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues::TBX History of engineering and technology ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TN Civil engineering, surveying and building::TNK Building construction and materials::TNKX Conservation of buildings and building materials
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    Emotion and Stress Recognition Related Sensors and Machine Learning Technologies (2022)
    MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-09
    Description: This book includes impactful chapters which present scientific concepts, frameworks, architectures and ideas on sensing technologies and machine learning techniques. These are relevant in tackling the following challenges: (i) the field readiness and use of intrusive sensor systems and devices for capturing biosignals, including EEG sensor systems, ECG sensor systems and electrodermal activity sensor systems; (ii) the quality assessment and management of sensor data; (iii) data preprocessing, noise filtering and calibration concepts for biosignals; (iv) the field readiness and use of nonintrusive sensor technologies, including visual sensors, acoustic sensors, vibration sensors and piezoelectric sensors; (v) emotion recognition using mobile phones and smartwatches; (vi) body area sensor networks for emotion and stress studies; (vii) the use of experimental datasets in emotion recognition, including dataset generation principles and concepts, quality insurance and emotion elicitation material and concepts; (viii) machine learning techniques for robust emotion recognition, including graphical models, neural network methods, deep learning methods, statistical learning and multivariate empirical mode decomposition; (ix) subject-independent emotion and stress recognition concepts and systems, including facial expression-based systems, speech-based systems, EEG-based systems, ECG-based systems, electrodermal activity-based systems, multimodal recognition systems and sensor fusion concepts and (x) emotion and stress estimation and forecasting from a nonlinear dynamical system perspective.
    Keywords: subject-dependent emotion recognition ; subject-independent emotion recognition ; electrodermal activity (EDA) ; deep learning ; convolutional neural networks ; automatic facial emotion recognition ; intensity of emotion recognition ; behavioral biometrical systems ; machine learning ; artificial intelligence ; driving stress ; electrodermal activity ; road traffic ; road types ; Viola-Jones ; facial emotion recognition ; facial expression recognition ; facial detection ; facial landmarks ; infrared thermal imaging ; homography matrix ; socially assistive robot ; EEG ; arousal detection ; valence detection ; data transformation ; normalization ; mental stress detection ; electrocardiogram ; respiration ; in-ear EEG ; emotion classification ; emotion monitoring ; elderly caring ; outpatient caring ; stress detection ; deep neural network ; convolutional neural network ; wearable sensors ; psychophysiology ; sensor data analysis ; time series analysis ; signal analysis ; similarity measures ; correlation statistics ; quantitative analysis ; benchmarking ; boredom ; emotion ; GSR ; classification ; sensor ; face landmark detection ; fully convolutional DenseNets ; skip-connections ; dilated convolutions ; emotion recognition ; physiological sensing ; multimodal sensing ; flight simulation ; activity recognition ; physiological signals ; thoracic electrical bioimpedance ; smart band ; stress recognition ; physiological signal processing ; long short-term memory recurrent neural networks ; information fusion ; pain recognition ; long-term stress ; electroencephalography ; perceived stress scale ; expert evaluation ; affective corpus ; multimodal sensors ; overload ; underload ; interest ; frustration ; cognitive load ; stress research ; affective computing ; human-computer interaction ; deep convolutional neural network ; transfer learning ; auxiliary loss ; weighted loss ; class center ; stress sensing ; smart insoles ; smart shoes ; unobtrusive sensing ; stress ; center of pressure ; regression ; signal processing ; arousal ; aging adults ; musical genres ; emotion elicitation ; dataset ; emotion representation ; feature selection ; feature extraction ; computer science ; virtual reality ; head-mounted display ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues
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    Changing Deserts (2022)
    The White Horse Press | The White Horse Press
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-14
    Description: Deserts – vast, empty places where time appears to stand still. The very word conjures images of endless seas of sand, blistering heat and a virtual absence of life. However, deserts encompass a large variety of landscapes and life beyond our stereotypes. As well as magnificent Saharan dunes under blazing sun, the desert concept encompasses the intensely cold winters of the Gobi, the snow-covered expanse of Antarctica and the rock-strewn drylands of Pakistan. Deserts are environments in perpetual flux and home to peoples as diverse as their surroundings, peoples who grapple with a broad spectrum of cultural, political and environmental issues as they wrest livelihoods from marginal lands. The cultures, environments and histories of deserts, while fundamentally entangled, are rarely studied as part of a network. To bring different disciplines together, the 1st Oxford Interdisciplinary Deserts Conference in March 2010 brought together a wide range of researchers from backgrounds as varied as physics, history, archaeology anthropology, geology and geography. This volume draws on the diversity of papers presented to give an overview of current research in deserts and drylands. Readers are invited to explore the wide range of desert environments and peoples and the ever-evolving challenges they face.
    Keywords: Nature ; Ecosystems & Habitats ; Deserts ; History ; Essays ; Nature ; Essays ; thema EDItEUR::W Lifestyle, Hobbies and Leisure::WN Nature and the natural world: general interest::WNW The Earth: natural history: general interest ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHB General and world history ; thema EDItEUR::W Lifestyle, Hobbies and Leisure::WN Nature and the natural world: general interest
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    Wie der Krieg ins Museum kam (2022)
    transcript Verlag | transcript Verlag
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-01
    Description: Der »Große Vaterländische Krieg 1941-1945« machte die Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeiter der sowjetischen Museen, die ›muzejsciki‹, zu Akteuren der Erinnerung. An der Front, im Hinterland und in den besetzten Gebieten sammelten sie Relikte von Kämpfen und erlittenem Leid. Ihre zeitnahen und überraschend vielschichtigen Kriegsausstellungen fanden große Resonanz bei den Besucherinnen und Besuchern. Anne E. Hasselmann setzt den Fokus auf die Sammel-, Ausstellungs- und Vermittlungsarbeit der ›muzejsciki‹ am Übergang von Erlebnis zur Erinnerung. Damit eröffnet sie neue Einblicke in die Gesellschaft im Stalinismus und schließt eine Lücke in der Erinnerungsgeschichte des Krieges, der das Selbstverständnis der russischen Gesellschaft bis heute prägt.
    Keywords: Museum ; Sowjetunion ; Zweiter Weltkrieg ; Agency ; Erinnerung ; Russland ; Stalinismus ; Vernichtungskrieg ; Erinnerungskultur ; Geschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts ; Museumswissenschaft ; Zeitgeschichte ; Geschichtswissenschaft ; Soviet Union ; Second World War ; Memory ; Russia ; Stalinism ; Memory Culture ; History of the 20th Century ; Museology ; Contemporary History ; History ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology ; thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3M c 1500 onwards to present day::3MP 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999 ; thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GL Library and information sciences / Museology::GLZ Museology and heritage studies ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCC Cultural studies
    Language: German
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    Supplementary Cementitious Materials in Concrete (2022)
    MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-09
    Description: The articles featured in this Special Issue cover different aspects of the design, testing, and application of various types of supplementary cementitious materials in concrete. The results of the research, conducted by over 50 international universities and scientific centers, prove the great interest in the SCM topic.
    Keywords: crystalline admixture ; chemical exposure ; sulphuric acid attack ; durability ; Xypex ; fly ash ; substitution strategy ; structural concrete ; steel reinforcement ; limit states ; RC beams in bending ; carbon footprint ; concrete ; carbonation modeling ; calcareous fly ash ; biomass ; wood ash ; fibrocement ; strength ; mortar ; clean coal combustion ; fluidized bed fly ash ; microstructure ; phase composition ; portlandite ; unburned carbon ; slag ; soil stabilization ; embankment ; cement ; lime ; high temperature ; damage ; permeability ; CEMI and CEMIII ; mechanical properties ; alkali-activated concrete ; geopolymer concrete ; flexure ; beams ; fiber-reinforced concrete ; crack spacing ; tension stiffening ; bamboo ash ; supplementary materials ; elevated temperature ; high volume fly ash (HVFA) ; steel reinforcing fiber ; jacketing ; environmental impact ; fibre reinforced ; alkali-activated ; strain hardening ; recycled cementitious supplementary material ; comprehensive concrete recycling ; recycled fine fraction ; rehydration reactivity ; compressive strength ; ground granulated blast furnace slag ; apparent activation energy ; equivalent age ; construction debris ; recycling ; circular economy ; eco-friendly concretes ; fly ash (FA) ; silica fume (SF) ; palm oil fuel ash (POFA) ; rice husk ash (RHA) ; sewage sludge ash (SSA) and sugarcane bagasse ash (SBA) ; mine tailings ; marble dust ; construction and demolition debris (CDD) ; porous feldspar ; activation ; substitute material ; energy saving concrete ; calcined clay ; binder ; supplementary cementitious materials ; cement-based materials ; steatite ; wood particles ; Portland cement ; fire performance ; tensile strength ; micro-silica/silica fume ; steel fiber ; high performance concrete (HPC) ; self-consolidating concrete (SCC) ; flowability ; freeze-thaw cycle ; fire resistance ; bentonite ; clays ; cryogenic condition ; GGBS ; thermal conductivity ; semi-adiabatic test ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues
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    Physical Processes in Lakes (2022)
    MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Description: Physical processes are keys for the status of a lake. In this Special Issue, the emphasis is on dissolved oxygen and on exchange of gases, energy and momentum between atmosphere and further mixing and consumption within the water. The studies presented relate to ice-free as well as ice-covered lakes. Field measurements are combined with theoretical approaches.
    Keywords: hydrodynamic model ; bubble plume ; artificial mixing ; GLM ; Si3D ; dissolved gas ; Henry law ; total gas pressure ; ebullition ; greenhouse gases ; lacustrine waters ; diurnal variation ; hourly model ; water temperature ; dissolved oxygen ; shallow lakes ; and sediment heat flux ; water quality ; chlorophyll-a ; phosphorus ; phosphorus release ; full set of turbulent stresses ; Acoustic Doppler current profilers ; interbeam velocity correlations ; ice-covered lakes ; convectively-mixed layer ; anisotropic turbulence ; shallow lake ; ice-covered period ; ice phenology ; snow-ice cover thickness ; under-ice irradiance ; radiatively driven convection ; climate change ; 3D modelling ; stratification ; bubble plumes ; fractal ; lakes ; mixing ; multi-scale ; turbulence ; energy fluxes ; energy content ; reservoirs ; internal waves ; surface waves ; biogenic turbulence ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues::TBX History of engineering and technology ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TQ Environmental science, engineering and technology
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    Additively Manufactured Coatings (2022)
    MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-09
    Description: Functional coatings are cost-effective means to protect substrates from wear, corrosion, erosion, tribocorrosion, high temperature and high pressure in extreme environmental conditions. These are primarily manufactured through metal/ceramic powder deposition in a subsequent layer by layer fashion on the substrate materials. In all cases, the functional coatings need to be reliable for the intended application. The emerging techniques in 3D printing/additive manufacturing can be utilized to develop high-performance functional coatings. These methods provide geometrical precision, flexibility in geometrical complexity, customization of the coating layers, and reduce the raw materials waste, keeping the manufacturing cost low while addressing many of the technical barriers of conventional coating methods. With the rapid development of cutting-edge value-added technologies in aerospace, nuclear, military, space, and energy industry, 3D printing/additive manufacturing techniques will be major advantages. Novel functional coatings and 3D printing/additive manufacturing techniques will be critical to value-added components in the future development of technologies. The book provide an overview of the recent development in coating manufacturing techniques and potential to use in high-end engineering applications.
    Keywords: metal additive manufacturing ; nickel-based alloy ; microstructure ; cooling effect ; laser cladding ; TiC ; microstructure control ; wear behavior prediction ; ductile materials ; dislocation density ; microstructure and recrystallization ; cold gas dynamic spray ; molecular dynamics ; Ti coating ; cyclic potentiodynamic polarization (CPP) test ; hysteresis loop ; wear ; additive manufacturing ; Inconel 718 ; friction ; tribocorrosion ; corrosion ; H13 steel ; thermal stress cycle ; numerical simulation ; unstable alternating thermal stress ; residual stress ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues
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    Political Participation and Sustainability: Exploring Contemporary Challenges (2022)
    MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-09
    Description: Over the last two decades, the literature on political participation has flourished, reflecting the increasing use of diverse modes of citizen involvement. These include established modes of participation, such as voting, protests, mass demonstrations, and petition signing, but also newer modes specific to the online environment (ICT-related), participation in referendums, public consultations, or engagement in political deliberation. The importance and intensity of these modes is reflected both in the number of people getting involved and in the increasing number of policies that are subject to various modes of participation on a regular basis. There is extensive literature about how these modes of participation function, why people get involved, and the consequences of their participation. However, limited attention is paid to the relationship between political participation and the pursuit of sustainability at a local, regional, or central level. Existing studies indicate that citizen engagement can be a cost-effective method to characterize changes of local environments; however, not much is known beyond this process. This Special Issue aims to address this void in the literature and brings together contributions that analyze how participation can be associated with sustainability and local development in various settings. It explores the relationship between political participation and the management of their local environment. This Special Issue enhances the existing knowledge and understanding about how modes of participation can be reflected in stronger sustainability. The Special Issue provides the space for an academic debate that addresses issues such as climate change, resource allocation, or the pursuit of sustainability programs and policies. The contributions include a mix of single-case studies and comparative analyses across European countries.
    Keywords: deliberation ; future generations ; future design ; political participation ; citizen engagement ; political institutions ; sustainability ; participation ; digitalization ; local government ; innovation ; mixed deliberation ; referendums ; municipal mergers ; democratic sustainability ; social trust ; political trust ; political efficacy ; citizens’ juries ; natural experiment ; opinion change ; windfarms ; Scotland ; deliberative mini-publics ; democratic innovations ; public opinion ; participatory budgeting ; ecology ; local level ; citizens ; support ; Romania ; citizens’ assemblies ; climate change ; decarbonization ; agenda setting ; deliberative democracy ; mini-publics ; environmental politics ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues
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    The Presidio and Militia on the Northern Frontier of New Spain (2022)
    University of Arizona Press
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-01
    Description: Reports, orders, journals, and letters of military officials trace frontier history through the Chicimeca War and Peace (1576-1606), early rebellions in the Sierra Madre (1601-1618), mid-century challenges and realignment (1640-1660), and northern rebellions and new presidios (1681-1695).
    Keywords: History ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History
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    Adsorbents for Water and Wastewater Treatment and Resource Recovery (2022)
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Description: Adsorption is a well-established operation used for water decontamination and the remediation of industrial effluents. It is also recognized as a key technology for recovering substances of economic interest or those at risk of scarcity. The new sustainability paradigm of the circular economy and the current context of promoting the efficient use of natural resources, water and energy have been motivating the search for eco-friendly adsorbents for water and wastewater treatment and resource recovery. This Special Issue compiles 21 papers (17 research articles and 4 reviews), addressing the removal of heavy metals, toxic metalloids, precious metals and organics from aqueous solution, using a wide variety of adsorbents derived from natural and waste materials.
    Keywords: activated carbon ; modification ; surfactant ; adsorption ; methylene blue ; ions effect ; anionic dye ; cetyltrimethylammonium bromide ; sepiolite ; two-step modification ; electroplating sludge ; hydrothermal process ; heavy metal ; electroplating wastewater ; upcycling ; biochar ; thiourea ; cadmium pollution ; adsorption characteristics ; water treatment ; manganese ; iron ; banana peel ; pre-treatment ; phosphoric acid ; human hair ; kinetics ; isotherms ; biosorption ; algae ; bacteria ; biosorbent ; pharmaceutical waste ; complex nickel-aluminum-zirconium hydroxide ; arsenic ion ; different fractions ; Hg2+ ; characterization ; adsorption mechanism ; bisphenol A ; equilibrium ; heavy metals ; K-type zeolite ; fly ash ; lead ; immobilization ; Pb2+ removal ; sorption ; precipitation ; waste recycling ; removal mechanisms ; solid-to-water ratio ; microcystin ; separation ; water quality ; cyanobacteria ; algal bloom ; phenols ; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons ; wastewater ; precious metals ; hydrometallurgical processing ; selectivity ; pine bark ; olive mill wastewater ; carbon nanotubes ; polydimethilsiloxane ; waste treatment ; phenolic compounds ; resources recovery ; dyes removal ; wastewater treatment ; agrowaste biomass ; diclofenac removal ; advanced oxidation treatments ; low-cost sorbents ; nano zerovalent iron ; granular activated carbon ; organoselenium ; water ; treatment ; cadmium ; cellulose nanofibrils ; iron nanoparticles ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TQ Environmental science, engineering and technology
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    Environing Empire (2022)
    Berghahn Books | Berghahn Books
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-02
    Description: Even leaving aside the vast death and suffering that it wrought on indigenous populations, German ambitions to transform Southwest Africa in the early part of the twentieth century were futile for most. For years colonists wrestled ocean waters, desert landscapes, and widespread aridity as they tried to reach inland in their effort of turning outwardly barren lands into a profitable settler colony. In his innovative environmental history, Martin Kalb outlines the development of the colony up to World War I, deconstructing the common settler narrative, all to reveal the importance of natural forces and the Kaisereich’s everyday violence.
    Keywords: History ; Africa ; West ; Political Science ; Colonialism & Post-colonialism ; Nature ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHH African history ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTQ Colonialism and imperialism ; thema EDItEUR::W Lifestyle, Hobbies and Leisure::WN Nature and the natural world: general interest
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    Regulation of Central Carbon and Amino Acid Metabolism in Plants (2022)
    MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-28
    Description: Due to their lightweight and high specific strength, Mg-based alloys are considered as substitutes to their heavier counterparts in applications in which corrosion is non-relevant and weight saving is of importance. Furthermore, due to the biocompatibility of Mg, some alloys with controlled corrosion rates are used as degradable implant materials in the medical sector. The typical processing route of Mg parts incorporates a casting step and, subsequently, a thermo–mechanical treatment. In order to achieve the desired macroscopic properties and thus fulfill the service requirements, thorough knowledge of the relationship between the microstructure, the processing steps, and the resulting property profile is necessary. This Special Issue covers in situ and ex situ experimental and computational investigations of the behavior under thermo–mechanical load of Mg-based alloys utilizing modern characterization and simulation techniques. The papers cover investigations on the effect of rare earth additions on the mechanical properties of different Mg alloys, including the effect of long-period stacking-ordered (LPSO) structures, and the experimental and computational investigation of the effect of different processing routes
    Keywords: Arabidopsis ; abiotic stress response ; photosynthesis ; phosphoglycolate phosphatase ; photorespiration ; 2-phosphoglycolate ; Arabidopsis thaliana ; glycolate oxidase ; protein phosphorylation ; Zea mays ; Portulaca grandiflora ; C4 photosynthesis ; Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM), evolution ; development ; PEP carboxylase ; Portulacaceae ; glycine decarboxylase ; metabolite signaling/acclimation ; TCA cycle ; Calvin–Benson cycle ; photoperiodic changes ; redox-regulation ; environmental adaptation ; Glycolate oxidase ; evolution ; Archaeplastida ; Cyanobacteria ; MCF ; oxidative phosphorylation ; mitochondrial carriers ; transporters ; energy balancing ; cyclic electron flux ; malate valve ; C3 cycle ; acclimation ; chlorophyll a fluorescence ; fluctuating light ; natural variation ; pyruvate kinase ; glycolysis ; respiratory metabolism ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues
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    Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns: Policy Design and Evaluation (2022)
    MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Description: This book is intended to highlight why SCP policy design and evaluation needs to overcome conventional environmental policy framework. Emerging SCP policy design and evaluation do not involve focusing on individual products or behaviors or improving efficiency in management systems in relation to environmental sustainability; instead, they address more socio-economic systems and target collective efforts for transition. Effort has been made for this book/Special Issue to feature studies contributing to policy design and evaluation in this direction. It contains 11 papers covering challenges and opportunities for SCP policy design, application of foresight to policy design, evaluation of NDC potentials to facilitate sustainable lifestyles, comparative analysis of sustainable development criteria, sustainable lifestyle and education, subjective wellbeing and sustainable consumption, case studies on challenges and opportunities for sustainability transition at the local and community level, and three case studies on how to fill gaps between policy goals and environmental behavior at a city level in China, Vietnam, and Thailand. The papers in this book suggest that SCP policy design and evaluation need to pay more attention to social aspects of sustainability such as social infrastructure and well-being and socio-technical systems to ensure effective and just transition to sustainability.
    Keywords: intrahousehold education gap ; marriage ; health status ; instrumental variable ; level of education ; self-rated health ; sustainable lifestyle ; policymaking ; multi-stakeholder participation ; long-term transition ; empowerment ; sustainable lifestyles ; food waste ; lifestyle ; SDGs ; households ; Hanoi ; collective actions ; One-Planet Network ; municipal solid waste ; garbage sorting behavior ; environmental awareness ; pro-environmental behavior ; altruism ; mottainai ; attachment ; subjective well-being ; life satisfaction ; happiness ; accelerated policy-driven sustainability transitions ; Asian sustainability transitions ; cleaner vehicle technology ; urban air pollution ; sustainable consumption and production ; sufficiency ; efficiency ; transition ; discourse analysis ; policy design ; COVID-19 ; plastic waste ; household ; Bangkok ; sustainability criteria ; national target ; country development stage ; indirect stated preference ; sustainable development goals (SDGs) ; climate change policies ; UNFCCC ; demand-side management ; behavioral change ; consumption-based emissions ; low-carbon lifestyles ; indirect emissions ; carbon footprint ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TQ Environmental science, engineering and technology
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    The Border of Lights Reader (2022)
    Amherst College Press
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-01
    Description: Border of Lights, a volunteer collective, returns each October to Dominican-Haitian border towns to bear witness to the 1937 Haitian Massacre ordered by Dominican dictator Rafael Leónidas Trujillo. This crime against humanity has never been acknowledged by the Dominican government and no memorial exists for its victims. A multimodal, multi-vocal space for activists, artists, scholars, and others connected to the BOL movement, The Border of Lights Reader provides an alternative to the dominant narrative that positions Dominicans and Haitians as eternal adversaries and ignores cross-border and collaborative histories. This innovative anthology asks large-scale, universal questions regarding historical memory and revisionism that countries around the world grapple with today.
    Keywords: History ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History
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    Denkmalpflege zwischen System und Gesellschaft (2022)
    transcript Verlag | transcript Verlag
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-02
    Description: Denkmalpflege und -schutz befanden sich in der DDR in einem Gefüge divergierender Interessen, die es wiederholt auszuhandeln galt. Franziska Klemstein präsentiert ein differenziertes Bild denkmalpflegerischer Denk- und Arbeitsweisen sowie regionale Unterschiede im Zeitraum von 1952 bis 1975. Sie veranschaulicht das Handlungsgefüge der institutionellen Denkmalpflege im Spannungsfeld zwischen Kultur und Bauwesen und rückt exemplarisch Handlungsmöglichkeiten und die Auswirkungen konkreter Entscheidungen ausgewählter Akteur*innen wie Ludwig Deiters, Fritz Rothstein und Käthe Rieck ins Zentrum der Untersuchung.
    Keywords: Kunstgeschichte ; Geschichte ; Denkmalpflege ; Denkmalschutz ; DDR ; Kulturgeschichte ; Kunst ; Architektur ; Deutsche Geschichte ; Geschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts ; Erinnerungskultur ; Geschichtswissenschaft ; Art History ; History ; Heritage Conservation ; Historical Preservation ; GDR (East Germany) ; Cultural History ; Art ; Architecture ; German History ; History of the 20th Century ; Memory Culture ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTB Social and cultural history ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology ; thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3M c 1500 onwards to present day::3MP 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999
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    Grid-Connected Renewable Energy Sources (2022)
    MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-28
    Description: The use of renewable energy sources (RESs) is a need of global society. This editorial, and its associated Special Issue “Grid-Connected Renewable Energy Sources”, offers a compilation of some of the recent advances in the analysis of current power systems that are composed after the high penetration of distributed generation (DG) with different RESs. The focus is on both new control configurations and on novel methodologies for the optimal placement and sizing of DG. The eleven accepted papers certainly provide a good contribution to control deployments and methodologies for the allocation and sizing of DG.
    Keywords: solar energy ; wind energy ; energy storage ; renewable energy integration ; Europe ; advanced metering infrastructure ; data acquisition ; IEC standards ; low-cost ; open source ; power measurement ; smart meter ; uncertainty evaluation ; frequency stabilization ; coordinated control ; wind turbine generator ; high-fidelity battery model ; releasable and absorbable energy ; photovoltaic emulator ; photovoltaic panel ; single diode model ; MPPT ; FSWT-SCIG ; battery storage system ; power system stability ; synchronous generator ; hybrid system ; voltage source converter ; passivity-based control ; proportional-integral control ; voltage regulation ; bi-directional converter ; LC impedance source converter ; DC–DC power converter ; bi-directional power flow ; alternating current networks ; direct current networks ; optimal power flow ; non-linear optimization ; control of power electronic converters ; distributed generation ; mixed-integer nonlinear programming ; second-cone programming ; discrete-sine cosine algorithm ; metaheuristic optimization ; DG placement ; evolutionary algorithms ; energy management ; fuzzy controller ; power systems analysis ; interconnected power systems ; latencies ; time-delay effects ; wide area monitoring systems ; renewable energy conversion ; power conditioning devices ; renewable energy policies ; power quality ; computations methods ; control strategies ; electric vehicle charging ; energy management systems ; ancillary services ; monitoring ; prognostic and diagnostic ; thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues
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    Qatar (2022)
    Archaeopress Publishing | Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-02
    Description: "Qatar: Evidence of the Palaeolithic Earliest People Revealed, with full text in both English and Arabic, tells the story of the long and difficult search to discover the identity of the first people to inhabit the sovereign State of Qatar, which is situated on a peninsula, that extends into the Arabian Gulf. The book synthesises the results of extensive fieldwork by the PADMAC Unit with the many diverse historical records and reports of investigations, beginning with Holgar Kapel’s, in the early 1950s. The archaeology of the State of Qatar is an important part of the cultural heritage of the world. The loss of archaeological sites to urban and industrial development since the 1950s has been inevitable but the loss of over 30 years of Palaeolithic research in Qatar, an area of prehistoric significance, as a result of academic dissension, is certainly regrettable. The work of the PADMAC Unit in Qatar now marks the end of this Palaeolithic research hiatus."
    Keywords: History ; Middle East ; Arabian Peninsula ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHG Middle Eastern history
    Language: Arabic
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    Removal of Pharmaceuticals from Water: Conventional and Alternative Treatments (2022)
    MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-09
    Description: Pharmaceuticals represent an especially worrying class of micropollutants because they are biologically active. Thus, their occurrence in aquatic environments may cause undesirable effects in living organisms and, if present in water sources for human consumption, may constitute a public health issue. However, wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), which have not been designed for the removal of pharmaceuticals and cannot guarantee their full elimination, are considered hotspots for their dissemination in natural waters. In this context, the Special Issue (SI) entitled “Removal of Pharmaceuticals from Water: Conventional and Alternative Treatments” was launched to contribute to the assessment of the contemporary challenges and advances in the removal of pharmaceuticals from wastewater. Papers published in the SI, which have been compiled in this book, approached the topic with either of the following different perspectives: (i) the fate and removal of pharmaceuticals by conventional treatments applied in existing WWTPs; or (ii) advanced and alternative green approaches to remove pharmaceuticals from water. Apart from the Editorial, papers published within this SI include two literature reviews and six experimental studies, all of them presenting unconventional approaches, original views, innovative research and/or novel methodologies. This compilation will definitely spark the attention of readers intrigued in the topic, and is useful for researchers in the field.
    Keywords: transportation of pharmaceuticals ; Malaysian aquatic environment ; pharmaceutical consumption ; LC-ToF/MS ; emerging contaminants (ECs) ; sorption ; wastewater treatment ; bioremediation ; algae ; Moringa stenopetala ; water-soluble proteins ; antibiotics removal efficiency ; pharmaceuticals ; water quality ; water treatment ; abatement options ; fungi ; biosorption ; removal of pharmaceuticals ; wastewater ; phyco-remediation ; emerging contaminants ; paracetamol ; Danio rerio ; advanced oxidation processes ; antibiotics ; photolysis ; ozone ; hydrogen peroxide ; Fenton ; heterogeneous photocatalysis ; sonochemical oxidation ; electrooxidation ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues
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    Natural and Artificial Unsaturated Soil Slopes (2022)
    MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-09
    Description: Mechanical and hydraulic soil properties are strongly affected by the degree of saturation, with important consequences for earthen embankments, soil–vegetation–atmosphere interactions, geoenvironmental applications, and risk mitigation. The presence of sloping ground surfaces is common. In slightly inclined natural slopes, susceptible to deep landslides, the unsaturated condition of shallow soil horizons affects deep pore water pressures and, therefore, global stability. The stability of steep mountains covered by shallow deposits is often guaranteed by a shear strength contribution related to the unsaturated condition. In this case, the degree of saturation plays a key role in determining which rainfall events can act as landslide triggers, consequently controlling the post-failure evolution. Partial saturation is the basic characteristic of soils used as construction materials of geo-structures such as levees, dikes, and dams. It governs the structure behavior during construction phases, in serviceability, and in extreme scenarios. Hoping to provide a bridge between theoretical research and practical applications, this Special Issue collects quality contributions related to natural and artificial slopes under unsaturated conditions, focusing on aspects such as: water retention and transport properties, mechanical behavior, advances in experimental methods, laboratory and in situ characterization, field monitoring, geotechnical and geophysical field tests, landslide investigation and prevention, the design and maintenance of engineered slopes, and the constitutive and numerical modeling of hydro-mechanical behavior.
    Keywords: landslide ; soil slide ; LAMP ; soil water content ; soil moisture ; monitoring ; calibration ; installation ; rainfall ; debris flow ; in situ characterization ; triaxial tests ; unsaturated conditions ; unsaturated slope ; Ruedlingen field experiment ; lateral resistance ; limit equilibrium solution ; riverbank ; unsaturated soils ; water retention curve ; unsaturated permeability curve ; transient seepage ; slope stability ; pyroclastic soils ; infiltration ; capillary barriers ; stability analysis ; water retention ; suction ; silty sands ; commercial experimental techniques ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues
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    New Advances in Marine Engineering Geology (2022)
    MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-09
    Description: The ocean is the cradle of life and is rich in natural resources. With the worldwide boom in exploration and application of ocean resources, a dramatically increasing amount of coastal engineering and offshore engineering facilities have been constructed in the last few decades. The rapid development of human economic activities and the global climate change have significant impacts on the marine environment, resulting in frequent geological disasters. Under this circumstance, there is an urgent demand for a platform for scientists and engineers to share their state-of-art research outcomes in the field of Marine Engineering Geology. This book is a collection of a series of articles from the 2nd International Symposium of Marine Engineering Geology (ISMEG 2019), presenting some of the recent efforts made towards marine engineering geology and geotechnics, including theoretical advances, laboratory and field testing, design methods, and the potential for further development of these disciplines.
    Keywords: marine soft soil ; double-layer foundation ; consolidation theory ; drainage boundary ; spudcan ; skirted footing ; footprint ; jack-up ; clay ; large deformation analysis ; coral sands ; porous media ; model test ; dispersion ; mechanical dispersion ; molecular diffusion ; soft clay ; cyclic loads ; residual pore pressure ; suction anchor ; wave ; seafloor instability ; pore pressure ; slide surface ; gas distribution ; meshfree method ; VARANS ; Biot’s “u − p” approximation ; wave-current induced seabed response ; immersed tunnel ; sediment liquefaction ; heavy metal ; migration ; interior of sediment ; the subaqueous Yellow River Delta ; ocean waves ; double-frequency microseisms ; continental margin ; continental slope ; coral sand ; Fujian sand ; shaking table test ; dynamic response ; pile group ; marine engineering ; seismic liquefaction ; novel liquefaction-resistant structures ; mitigation strategies ; sand wave ; pressure sensing technique ; physical model test ; field application ; wingsail ; aerodynamics ; numerical simulation ; marine silty sand ; small-strain stiffness ; Hardin model ; binary packing model ; dredging and reclamation ; constitutive relationship ; centrifugal experiment ; void ratio–effective stress ; void ratio–permeability coefficient ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues
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    A Quaint & Curious Volume (2022)
    Archaeopress Publishing | Archaeopress Publishing
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-02
    Description: John J. Dobbins, Professor of Roman Art and Archaeology, taught at the University of Virginia in the Department of Art from 1978 until his retirement in 2019. His legacy of research and pedagogy is explored in 〈i>A Quaint & Curious Volume: Essays in Honor of John J. Dobbins〈/i>. Professor Dobbins’ research in the field of Roman art and archaeology spans the geographical and chronological limits of the Roman Empire, from Pompeii to Syria, and Etruria to Spain. This volume demonstrates some of his wide-reaching interests, expressed through the research of his former graduate students. Several essays examine the city of Pompeii and cover the topics of masonry analysis, re-examinations of streets and drains, and analyses of the heating capacity of baths in Pompeii. Beyond Pompeii, the archaeological remains of bakeries are employed to elucidate labor specialization in the Late Roman period across the Mediterranean basin. Collaborations between Professor Dobbins and his former students are also explored, including a pioneering online numismatic database and close examination of sculpture and mosaics, including expressions of identity and patronage through case studies of the Ara Pacis and mosaics at Antioch-on-the-Orontes. 〈i>A Quaint & Curious Volume 〈/i>not only demonstrates John Dobbins’ scholarly legacy, but also presents new readings of archaeological data and art, illustrating the impact that one professor can have on the wider field of Roman art and archaeology through the continuing work of his students.
    Keywords: History ; Ancient ; Rome ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history
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    Anne Frank’s Tree (2022)
    The White Horse Press | The White Horse Press
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Description: "In this important and original interdisciplinary work, well-known environmental philosopher Eric Katz explores technology’s role in dominating, and thus destroying, both nature and human life and society. Katz’s argument innovatively connects two distinct areas: the fundamental goal of the Holocaust, including Nazi environmental policy, to heal the degenerate elements of society; and the plan to heal degraded natural systems that informs the contemporary environmental policy of ‘ecological restoration’. In both arenas of ‘healing’, Katz argues that technology drives action, while domination emerges as the prevailing ideology. Katz’s work is a plea for the development of a technology that does not dominate and destroy but instead promotes autonomy and freedom. Anne Frank, a victim of Nazi ideology and action, saw the titular tree behind her secret annex as a symbol of freedom and moral goodness. In Katz’s argument, the tree represents a free and autonomous nature. 'Anne Frank’s Tree' is rooted in an empirical approach to philosophy, seating complex ethical ideas in a powerful narrative of historical fact and deeply personal lived experience."
    Keywords: Technology & Engineering ; History ; Philosophy ; History ; Holocaust ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues::TBX History of engineering and technology ; thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QD Philosophy ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTZ Genocide and ethnic cleansing::NHTZ1 The Holocaust ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHW Military history::NHWR Specific wars and campaigns::NHWR7 Second World War ; thema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1D Europe ; thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3M c 1500 onwards to present day::3MP 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999::3MPB Early 20th century c 1900 to c 1950::3MPBL c 1940 to c 1949
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    La ricerca tra innovazione, creatività e progetto / Research among Innovation, Creativity and Design (2022)
    Firenze University Press
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-23
    Description: In the current socio-cultural scenario, the implementation of the university reform aimed at boosting third-level education calls for meditation within the discipline of Architectural Technology (ICAR 12). This review must address the research topics and academic profiles of PhD courses in the Technological Area, also in terms of fostering actions consistent with European strategic lines for the promotion of a knowledge society. Research, innovation, creativity and design are the keywords of this scenario that PhD students and lecturers must bear in mind when considering three fields of study: environmental design and landscape, building production and construction and works and services strategic for the community. This book "Research among innovation, creativity and design" develops the topics addressed during the VII OSDOTTA workshop (the network of PhD courses in the field of Architectural Technology) held at the Mantua campus of Milan Polytechnic on 15th-16th-17th September 2011.
    Keywords: thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AM Architecture ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TT Other technologies and applied sciences
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    Historisches Vergleichen (2022)
    Logos Verlag Berlin | Logos Verlag Berlin
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-02
    Description: Dem Vergleichen wird in der Geschichtswissenschaft die Funktion einer historischen Methode zugesprochen, für den Geschichtsunterricht dient es als Methode zur Förderung historischer Kompetenzen. In den Geschichtslehrwerken der Sekundarstufe II taucht es in der Regel in Form von Aufgaben auf. Doch wie relevant sind Vergleichsaufgaben in Lehrwerken überhaupt und welche Fertigkeiten und Kompetenzen benötigen Lernende in der Sekundarstufe II zur (schriftlichen) Lösung einer historischen Vergleichsaufgabe? Diesen Fragen wird mit Hilfe einer zweiteiligen Untersuchung auf der Grundlage einer umfangreichen Frequenzanalyse von Aufgaben in Geschichtslehrwerken der Sekundarstufe II in NRW sowie einer Korpusanalyse von Lernendentexten zu einer authentischen Vergleichsaufgabe aus einem Geschichtslehrwerk nachgegangen. Die Arbeit verbindet den geschichtsdidaktischen Zugang mit dem linguistischen Ansatz der Funktionalen Pragmatik, um das Vergleichen als Handlungsmuster des Geschichtsunterrichts zu bestimmen und es im Hinblick auf seinen kommunikativen Zweck in Teilhandlungen aufzuschlüsseln. Der Zugang wird ergänzt durch den Bezug zur Schreibdidaktik, der gerade im Hinblick auf wissenschaftspropädeutisches Arbeiten in der Sekundarstufe II eine wichtige Rolle spielt. Aus den Ergebnissen der Untersuchungen wird auf der Grundlage eines Indikatorenmodells ein praxisorientierter Weg zum Umgang mit Vergleichsaufgaben im Geschichtsunterricht vorgeschlagen.
    Keywords: History ; Education ; Literary Criticism ; European ; German ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education ; thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism
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    Engines of Truth (2022)
    Yale University Press | Yale University Press
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-02
    Description: During the Victorian era, new laws allowed more witnesses to testify in court cases. At the same time, an emerging cultural emphasis on truth-telling drove the development of new ways of inhibiting perjury. Strikingly original and drawing on a broad array of archival research, Wendie Schneider's examination of the Victorian courtroom charts this period of experimentation and how its innovations shaped contemporary trial procedure. Blending legal, social, and colonial history, she shines new light on cross-examination, the most enduring product of this time and the greatest legal engine ever invented for the discovery of truth. This title was made Open Access by libraries from around the world through Knowledge Unlatched.
    Keywords: History ; Political Science ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government
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    Advances in Hydrogen Energy (2022)
    MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-09
    Description: This book, which is a reprint of articles published in the Special Issue "Advances in Hydrogen Energy" in Energies, seeks to contribute to disseminating the most recent advancements in the field of hydrogen energy. It does so by presenting scientific works from around the world covering both modeling and experimental analysis. The focus is placed on research covering all aspects of the hydrogen energy, from production to storage and final use, including the development of other easy to transport and versatile hydrogen-based energy carriers via the power-to-x (PtX) route, such as ammonia and methanol.Hydrogen energy research and development has attracted growing attention as one of the key solutions for clean future energy systems. In order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, governments across the world are developing ambitious policies to support hydrogen technology, and an increasing level of funding has been allocated for projects of research, development, and demonstration of these technologies. At the same time, the private sector is capitalizing on the opportunity with larger investments in hydrogen technology solutions.While intense research activities have been dedicated to this field, several issues require further research prior to achieving full commercialization of hydrogen technology solutions. This book addresses some of these issues by presenting detailed models to optimize design strategies and operating conditions for the entire hydrogen value chain, covering production via electrolysis, storage and use in different types of fuel cells and in different forms of energy carriers.
    Keywords: methanol steam reforming ; hydrogen production ; exhaust waste heat ; rib microreactor ; air-cooled proton exchange membrane fuel cells ; adiabatic fuel cell temperature ; thermodynamic analysis of proton exchange membrane fuel cells ; ammonia ; hydrogen ; production ; storage ; utilization ; CO2 free ; hydrogen storage ; hydrogen compression ; non-mechanical compressors ; electrochemical compressors ; activated carbons ; computational analysis ; high-pressure methanol steam reformer ; phase change heat transfer ; high pressure steam condensation ; high temperature PEM ; fuel cell ; electro-osmotic drag ; polymer electrolyte membrane ; proton exchange membrane fuel cells ; proton exchange membrane electrolyzer cells ; membrane water transport ; elementary reactions steps ; rate-determining step ; solid oxide electrolysis cell ; multi-physics ; optimal rib/pitch ratio ; parameters sensitivity ; analytical expression ; SOFC ; system ; model ; stack test ; hydrogen systems ; cryogenics ; vortex tubes ; computational fluid dynamics ; low melting metal ; Al-based alloy ; metal smelting ; fuel cells ; hydrogen hybrid energy system ; thermography ; CFD modeling ; heat transfer ; optimization ; PEM ; fault ; diagnosis ; electrochemical impedance spectroscopy ; distribution of relaxation times ; reformate ; proton exchange membrane fuel cell ; gas diffusion layer ; microscopic porous layer ; fracture ; two phase flow ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues
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    Thermochemical Conversion Processes for Solid Fuels and Renewable Energies (2022)
    MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-28
    Description: It is widely believed that a large proportion of greenhouse gas emissions originated anthropogenically from the use of fossil fuels with additional contributions coming from manufactured materials, deforestation, soil erosion, and agriculture (including livestock). The global society actively supports measures to create a flexible and low-carbon energy economy to attenuate climate change and its devastating environmental consequences. In this Special Issue, the recent advancements in the next-generation thermochemical conversion processes for solid fuels and renewable energies (e.g., the operational flexibility of co-combustion of biomass and lignite, integrated solar combined cycle power plants, and advanced gasification systems such as the sorption-enhanced gasification and the chemical looping gasification) were shown.
    Keywords: hydrochar ; hydrothermal carbonization ; biogas upgrading ; CO2 capture ; pressure swing adsorption ; gasification ; kinetic model ; conversion model ; reaction model ; low-rank coal ; tar absorption ; process simulation ; validation study ; sensitivity analyses ; lignite ; lignite gasification ; fluidized-bed gasifier ; olivine ; solar cooling ; solar cooling system ; TRNSYS ; absorption chiller ; performance and analysis ; solar energy ; chemical looping ; biomass gasification ; process control ; CO2 absorption ; experimental study ; energy analysis ; exergy analysis ; CSP ; PTC ; ISCC ; power plant ; CFB combustion ; operational flexibility ; load transients ; fluctuating electricity generation ; renewables ; one-dimensional SEG model ; dual fluidized bed ; sorbent deactivation ; hydrodynamics ; kinetics ; fuel feeding rate ; biomass ; thermochemical conversion technologies ; combustion ; carbon capture and storage/utilization ; solar-driven air-conditioning ; integrated solar combined cycle ; energy and exergy analyses ; thermodynamic modeling ; dynamic process simulation ; thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues
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    Feature Papers in Electronic Materials Section (2022)
    MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Description: This book entitled "Feature Papers in Electronic Materials Section" is a collection of selected papers recently published on the journal Materials, focusing on the latest advances in electronic materials and devices in different fields (e.g., power- and high-frequency electronics, optoelectronic devices, detectors, etc.). In the first part of the book, many articles are dedicated to wide band gap semiconductors (e.g., SiC, GaN, Ga2O3, diamond), focusing on the current relevant materials and devices technology issues. The second part of the book is a miscellaneous of other electronics materials for various applications, including two-dimensional materials for optoelectronic and high-frequency devices. Finally, some recent advances in materials and flexible sensors for bioelectronics and medical applications are presented at the end of the book.
    Keywords: vertical GaN ; quasi-vertical GaN ; reliability ; trapping ; degradation ; MOS ; trench MOS ; threshold voltage ; nanomanufacturing ; high-throughput method ; material printing ; flexible bioelectronics ; nanomembrane ; hybrid integration ; GaAs ; InGaAs channel ; epitaxial lift-off ; HEMT ; van der Waals ; 3C-SiC ; stacking faults ; doping ; KOH etching ; silicon carbide ; radiation hardness ; proton and electron irradiation ; charge removal rate ; compensation ; irradiation temperature ; heteroepitaxy ; bulk growth ; compliant substrates ; defects ; stress ; cubic silicon carbide ; power electronics ; thin film ; iron-based superconductor ; pulsed laser deposition ; transmission electron microscopy ; diamond ; MPCVD growth ; electron microscopy ; chemical vapour deposition ; 2D materials ; MoS2 ; silica point defects ; optical fibers ; radiation effects ; 4H-SiC ; ohmic contact ; SIMS ; Ti3SiC2 ; simulation ; Schottky barrier ; Schottky diodes ; electrical characterization ; graphene absorption ; Fabry–Perot filter ; radio frequency sputtering ; CVD graphene ; GaN ; thermal management ; GaN-on-diamond ; CVD ; arrhythmia detection ; cardiovascular monitoring ; soft biosensors ; wearable sensors ; flexible electronics ; gate dielectric ; aluminum oxide ; interface ; traps ; instability ; insulators ; binary oxides ; high-κ dielectrics ; wide band gap semiconductors ; energy electronics ; ultra-wide bandgap ; diodes ; transistors ; gallium oxide ; Ga2O3 ; spinel ; ZnGa2O4 ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues::TBX History of engineering and technology ; thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KN Industry and industrial studies::KNB Energy industries and utilities
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    The version that wanted to be written (2022)
    Erich Schmidt Verlag GmbH & Co
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-04
    Description: The unification of Germany in 1990 set in train a number of dramatic changes in Germany’s political, social and cultural landscape which gave rise to a series of hotly debated memory contests centred on the newly unified nation’s approach to its common Nazi past. As an important medium of cultural memory, literature played a significant part in the controversy and novels dealing with the Nazi past enjoyed widespread popularity and influence in the 20 years following 1990. But what ""version"" of the Nazi past did the authors of these novels choose to tell? Using the perpetrator/victim dichotomy around which much of the debate crystallised, this book seeks to answer this question via a close textual analysis of works by Bernhard Schlink, Ulla Hahn, Tanja Dückers, and Marcel Beyer. In particular, this book analyses these novels as historiographic metafiction, a significantly under-explored angle which raises important questions concerning our ability to know the “truth” about the past and destabilises the basis on which we judge guilt or innocence. In providing a deeper understanding of the approach of fiction authors to the Nazi past in the post-1990 period, this book aims to enrich our understanding of its legacy in contemporary German society today.
    Keywords: History ; Holocaust ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTZ Genocide and ethnic cleansing::NHTZ1 The Holocaust ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHW Military history::NHWR Specific wars and campaigns::NHWR7 Second World War ; thema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1D Europe ; thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3M c 1500 onwards to present day::3MP 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999::3MPB Early 20th century c 1900 to c 1950::3MPBL c 1940 to c 1949
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    Electronics for Sensors (2022)
    MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-09
    Description: The aim of this Special Issue is to explore new advanced solutions in electronic systems and interfaces to be employed in sensors, describing best practices, implementations, and applications. The selected papers in particular concern photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) and silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) interfaces and applications, techniques for monitoring radiation levels, electronics for biomedical applications, design and applications of time-to-digital converters, interfaces for image sensors, and general-purpose theory and topologies for electronic interfaces.
    Keywords: CMOS image sensor ; linearity ; adaptive nonlinear ramp ; fully differential pipeline ; double auto-zeroing ; high framerate ; fixed pattern noise ; floating diffusion ; readout scheme ; ramp generator circuit ; ultrasound ; PMUT ; high-voltage (HV) transmitter ; low-voltage receiver (RX) amplifier ; ultrasound application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) ; monolithical integration ; CMOS ; MEMS ; electrical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) ; time-to-digital converter (TDC) ; time interpolator ; phase ; polar demodulator ; quantization ; reconfigurability ; current mode ; sensor interface ; silicon photomultiplier ; transimpedance amplifier ; voltage current conveyor ; field-programmable gate arrays (FPGA) ; non-uniform multiphase (NUMP) method ; temperature correction ; radiation sensor interface ; silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) ; mobile dosimeter ; analog-to-digital converter (ADC) ; magnetic bioreactor ; magnetoactive scaffolds ; tissue engineering ; magnetic actuator ; magnetoelectric stimulation ; selectable gain amplifier ; resistive-sensor ; current divider ; current reference ; front-end electronics ; single-photon response ; timing accuracy ; ultrasonic gas flowmeter ; the principle of time-difference method ; data filtering ; low-power measurement ; auto-balancing bridge method ; FIR filter ; FPGA ; impedance ; inductive-loop sensor ; multifrequency ; vehicle magnetic profile ; vector voltmeter ; signal processing ; background radiation monitoring system ; Atmel AVR ATmega328 microcontroller (MC) ; Geiger-Mueller counter ; Petri net model ; fifth-order low-pass filter ; operational transconductance amplifier ; multiple-input bulk-driven technique ; subthreshold region ; nanopower ; temperature compensation ; hysteresis ; quartz flexible accelerometer ; aerial inertial navigation system ; thermal effect ; creep effect ; electronic nose ; convolutional neural network ; component analysis ; xenon TPC ; trigger concepts ; data acquisition circuits ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues
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    Writing Around the Ancient Mediterranean (2022)
    Oxbow Books | Oxbow Books
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-02
    Description: Writing in the ancient Mediterranean existed against a backdrop of very high levels of interaction and contact. In the societies around its shores, writing was a dynamic practice that could serve many purposes – from a tool used by elites to control resources and establish their power bases to a symbol of local identity and a means of conveying complex information and ideas. This volume presents a group of papers by members of the Contexts of and Relations between Early Writing Systems (CREWS) research team and visiting fellows, offering a range of different perspectives and approaches to problems of writing in the ancient Mediterranean. They focus on practices, viewing writing as something that people do within a wider social and cultural context, and on adaptations, considering the ways in which writing changed and was changed by the people using it.
    Keywords: History ; Ancient ; Language Arts & Disciplines ; Linguistics ; Historical & Comparative ; History ; Europe ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHC Ancient history ; thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics::CFF Historical and comparative linguistics ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history
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    Environmental Analysis of Organic Pollutants (2022)
    MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Description: In recent decades, the environmental impact of organic pollutants, especially persistent and emerging organic pollutants, has attracted widespread attention, and related research has been rapidly developed. Organic pollutants represent a popular topic of research in the environmental field. Large amounts of organic pollutants, which are widely distributed in air, water, sediment, soil, and other environmental media, are created via industrial production and other human activities. A series of research projects have been carried out regarding the development of analytical methods for organic pollutants, the distribution of environmental media, environmental concentration, environmental fate, the exploration of new pollutants, and the non-target analysis of organic pollutants.
    Keywords: regulated e-waste recycling ; polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) ; heavy metals ; environmental media ; vegetable ; risks ; cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) ; heart failure ; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) ; trace elements ; serum ; polyhaloaromatic compounds ; chemiluminescence ; analytical method ; Fenton system ; hydroxyl radicals ; bisphenol analogues ; zebrafish ; joint toxicity ; gene expression ; online monitoring ; diagnosis ; PCDD/F ; incineration ; feedback control ; volatile organic compounds (VOCs) ; reference materials (RMs) ; quality control (QC) ; water analysis ; resin ; adsorption ; pore size distribution ; chemical modification ; water treatment ; PCNs ; spatial distribution ; congener ; environmental risk ; sediment ; VOCs ; distribution ; risk assessment ; chemical industrial park ; phthalate ; dietary intake ; DEHP ; DBP ; DIBP ; bottled drink ; PFASs ; QSAR–ICE–SSD ; electroplating industry ; ecological risk assessment ; PAHs ; historical trends ; shallow lake ; economic parameters ; sources ; sediment core ; gas chromatography-mass spectrometry ; HBCD ; EPS ; XPS ; POPs ; tetrabromobisphenol A ; Xenopus laevis ; brain development ; thyroid hormone ; biphasic concentration-response ; composting ; turning frequency ; ammonia oxidizing bacterial ; ammonia oxidizing archaeal ; N fractions ; ammonia emission ; screening assay ; thibz gene ; multiwell plate ; biomass combustion ; CHP plant ; renewable energies ; emission ; organic pollutants ; bisphenol analogs ; oxidative stress ; dechlorane plus ; maternal blood ; sequential samples ; variation ; correlation ; bisphenol A ; emissions ; polypropylene ; bottom sediments ; environmental monitoring ; Odra River estuary ; organotin compounds ; trueness ; verification ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TD Industrial chemistry and manufacturing technologies::TDC Industrial chemistry and chemical engineering
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    Das sexuelle Schutzalter (2022)
    Wallstein Verlag | Wallstein Verlag
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-07
    Description: "Die Geschichte des sexuellen Schutzalters: Sie zeigt die Vulnerabilität von Kindern in einer generationen- und geschlechterhierarchischen Gesellschaft. Wann endet das sexuelle Schutzalter? Bis zu welchem Alter sollen Kinder vor sexuellen Handlungen Erwachsener geschützt werden? Diese höchst umstrittenen Fragen avancierten in der zweiten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts mehrfach zum Politikum. Die Geschichte des sexuellen Schutzalters zeichnet Sonja Matter anhand österreichischer Strafprozesse wie auch nationaler und internationaler Gesetzesreformen und Kinderrechtsdebatten nach. Die sexuellen Rechte der Kinder standen meist nicht im Mittelpunkt, vielmehr dominierten die Interessen und Gesellschaftsvisionen der Erwachsenen. Nach der nationalsozialistischen Herrschaft galt der Kampf gegen sexuelle Gewalt an Kindern als Möglichkeit, eine »sittliche« Gesellschaft herzustellen. Im Zuge einer sexuellen Liberalisierung stand dagegen das Interesse im Zentrum, die Sexualität von Kindern zu »befreien«, um eine liberalere Gesellschaft zu verwirklichen. Erst die autonome Frauenbewegung der 1980er Jahre verknüpfte die Problematik der sexuellen Gewalt an Kindern dezidiert mit einer Herrschaftskritik. Die Auseinandersetzungen waren von der Frage begleitet, wann Kindheit endet und in welchem Verhältnis Gewalt und Begehren stehen."
    Keywords: History ; Modern ; 20th Century ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHB General and world history
    Language: German
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    Development of Unconventional Reservoirs 2020 (2022)
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-28
    Description: The need for energy is increasing and at the same time production from the conventional reservoirs is declining quickly. This requires an economically and technically feasible source of energy for the coming years. Among some alternative future energy solutions the most approachable source is from unconventional reservoirs. As the name “unconventional” implies it requires different and challenging approach to characterize and to develop such a resource. This special issue covers some of the technical challenges for developing unconventional energy sources from shale gas/oil, tight gas sand, and coalbed methane.
    Keywords: bedding fractures ; failure criterion ; lamina ; tight oil ; tight sandstone ; finite element simulation ; numerical simulation ; unconventional reservoir ; permeability ; group method of data handling ; artificial neural network ; well logs ; sensitivity analysis ; tight gas reservoir ; multi-fractured horizontal well (MFHW) ; unstable productivity model ; productivity forecast ; influencing factor analysis ; horizontal well with multiple finite-conductivity fractures ; elliptical-shaped drainage ; productivity index ; non-Darcy flow ; pressure-dependent conductivity ; reservoir properties ; void space structure ; porosity ; complex rocks ; NMR ; MICP ; CT ; SEM ; coal-bearing tight sandstone ; organic-rich clasts ; occurrence ; classifications ; formation mechanisms ; Ordos Basin ; hydraulic fracturing ; fracturing fluids ; fluids-rock interaction ; environmental implication ; history matching ; semianalytic model ; unconventional gas reservoirs ; multistage fractured horizontal wells ; fractal theory ; pore structure ; heterogeneity ; NMR measurements ; multifractal analysis ; shale reservoir ; elastic properties ; brittleness ; rock physics ; brittle spot identification ; shale gas ; reservoir characteristics ; gas content ; eastern Sichuan Basin ; the Da’anzhai member ; pulse decay method ; gas adsorption ; dual media ; unconventional core ; natural fracture ; influencing factor ; oil production ; carbonate rock ; basement reservoir ; Jizhong Sub-basin ; dynamic pore network modeling ; shale reservoirs ; water imbibition ; discrete element method ; modified fluid-mechanical coupling algorithm ; injection sequence ; well spacing ; stress shadow effect ; seismic location ; microseismic events ; waveform stacking ; induced seismicity ; CBM ; surfactant ; solid-free drilling fluid ; CBM reservoir wettability ; machine learning ; lithofacies ; umiat ; Alaska ; proppant transportation ; cross fractures ; CFD simulation ; dimensional analysis ; equilibrium proppant height ; coalbed methane ; Lattice Boltzmann method ; gas diffusion ; adsorption–desorption ; pore-scale ; clay minerals ; pore structures ; tight gas reservoirs ; Xujiaweizi Rift ; Northern Songliao Basin ; methane adsorption isotherm ; coal properties ; gradient boosting decision tree ; estimation model ; shale gas reservoir ; geology ; Gibbs excess adsorption ; supercritical adsorption ; gas viscosity ; high voltage spark discharge ; electrohydraulic effect ; electrical conductivity ; drilling ; rock damage ; pressure waves ; water fracturing ; turbulence effect ; Eulerian multiphase modeling ; proppant transport mechanism ; equilibrium height prediction model ; adaptive filtering ; complex noise canceling ; electromagnetic telemetry ; multifractured horizontal wells ; production analysis ; irregular stimulated region ; natural gas hydrate ; seismic modeling ; fractional derivatives ; gas geochemical characteristics ; noble gas ; shale gas evolution ; Large Igneous Province (LIP) ; gas loss ; geological structure ; gas controlling pattern ; neutral surface ; tectonic movement ; Bumu region ; seismic interpretation ; depositional environments characteristics ; Wheeler diagram ; seismic attributes ; heterogeneous sequence ; sample size ; neutron scattering ; mercury injection capillary pressure ; adsorption ; shale ; junggar basin ; hong-che fault zone ; carboniferous ; volcanic reservoir ; main controlling factors of hydrocarbon accumulation ; fracture ; vug ; micro CT ; carbonate ; wave velocity ; amorphous SiO2 ; X-ray diffraction ; X-ray fluorescence spectrometry ; scanning electron microscope ; quantitative analysis ; void ratio ; FEM ; ABAQUS ; matrix porosity ; kerogen porosity ; water saturation ; gas hydrate ; saturation ; deep learning ; recurrent neural network ; molecular simulation ; enhanced oil recovery ; methane ; shale petroleum ; technological development ; patent ; network analysis ; imbibition ; osmosis ; unconventional formations ; EOR ; water flooding ; thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues
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    Advanced Technologies in Hydropower Flow Systems (2022)
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Description: Hydropower is an essential part of the renewable energy sector. High efficiency, immediate availability, and safe operation of hydroelectric power plants are the three key issues in recent developments in the hydropower sector. This book brings together the latest achievements addressing these key factors. In addition, one contribution deals with the alternative harvesting of hydro energy from pivoted cylinders by generating flow-induced vibrations, which are unwanted phenomena in classical pump–turbine units.
    Keywords: annular seal ; CFD ; dynamic coefficients ; fluid forces ; nonlinear dynamic model ; static eccentricity ; reversible hydraulic machines ; penstocks ; pressure pipelines ; performance tests ; flow rate measurements ; volumetric gauging method ; pressure-time method ; water-hammer ; pump-turbine ; flow patterns ; pressure pulsations ; similarities ; differences ; S-shaped characteristics ; runaway transient process ; VIV ; FIV ; renewable energy ; pivoted cylinder ; cross section ; geometry ; pump as turbine (PAT) ; Francis turbine ; calculation model ; efficiency ; hydropower ; computational fluid dynamics ; hydraulic efficiency ; Gibson method ; manifolds ; turbine ; thermodynamic method ; air cushion surge tank (ACST) ; air friction model ; flexible hydro power plants ; mechanistic model ; OpenHPL ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TQ Environmental science, engineering and technology
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    Fuel Cell Renewable Hybrid Power Systems (2022)
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-28
    Description: Climate change is becoming visible today, and so this book—through including innovative solutions and experimental research as well as state-of-the-art studies in challenging areas related to sustainable energy development based on hybrid energy systems that combine renewable energy systems with fuel cells—represents a useful resource for researchers in these fields. In this context, hydrogen fuel cell technology is one of the alternative solutions for the development of future clean energy systems. As this book presents the latest solutions, readers working in research areas related to the above are invited to read it.
    Keywords: fuel cell powered vehicle ; medium- and heavy-duty trucks ; component sizing ; ownership cost ; optimization ; hybrid power systems ; renewable energy sources ; fuel cell systems ; required-power-following control ; fuel economy ; permanent magnet synchronous generator ; fault ride-through ; interval type-2 fuzzy logic system ; wind energy conversion ; proton exchange membrane fuel cell ; hydrogen economy ; fueling flows control ; global extremum seeking ; load following ; matlab ; simulink ; real-time capability ; dynamic fuel cell model ; electricity distribution networks ; optimal capacitor allocation ; Genetic Algorithm ; Particle Swarm Optimization ; Bat Algorithm ; Whale Algorithm ; Sperm-Whale Algorithm ; alternative energy ; energy efficiency ; fuel cell ; hydrogen energy ; stationary application ; electrical vehicle ; AC charging station in mode 3 ; PLC ; steam methane reforming ; steam methanol reforming ; electrical efficiency ; exergy efficiency ; LNG ; Stirling engine ; solar concentrator ; automation system ; human–machine interface ; sensors ; direct methanol fuel cell ; multi stacks ; portable power ; energy management system ; Internet of Things ; long-term ; in-field test ; thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues
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    Sustainable Textile Marketing (2022)
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Description: We know that sustainability has become an important topic in every aspect of life. The textile, fashion, and material industries must also be sustainable, which could be imparted in their development, production, or even marketing. The textile industry has a huge market, as clothing is arguably the most important human need after food. Recently, this industry has been labeled as a polluting industry, a label that could be overcome by the proper development of textile goods and careful marketing strategies. There are specific roles that government, entrepreneurs, and even universities can play in properly educating people to make the textile industry cleaner and greener. Several journals focus only on one of the aspects of this key problem, i.e., the production of sustainable materials, textile education, or textile marketing. However, herein, we strive to bring different areas together on one platform to cover different aspects, i.e., production, policy, education, and marketing related to textile fashion and textile materials.
    Keywords: antibacterial ; textiles ; bibliometric analysis ; database ; web of science ; inherited knowledge system ; human resource ; learning ; training ; hands-on experience ; prolonged engagement ; culture and tradition ; handloom industry of Sri Lanka ; clinical practice guideline ; Korean medicine ; lumbar intervertebral disc herniation ; grading of recommendations assessment ; development and evaluation ;   ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TD Industrial chemistry and manufacturing technologies::TDC Industrial chemistry and chemical engineering
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    Muße und Moderne (2022)
    Mohr Siebeck | Mohr Siebeck GmbH & Co. KG
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    Publication Date: 2024-01-19
    Description: Muße und Moderne' stehen in einem spannungsreichen Verhältnis, das zeigen die hier versammelten Beiträge aus Philosophie, Kultur- und Literaturwissenschaft. Anhand von amerikanischen, englischen, deutschen und französischen Beispielen geben sie einen Überblick über philosophische, soziokulturelle und literarische Muße-Diskurse. Verstanden als Makro-Epoche, die um 1800 beginnt, sucht sich die Moderne auch bei der Muße von 'klassischen' Vorgaben abzusetzen. Die moderne Arbeitsgesellschaft mit ihren Aporien veranlasst dazu, alternative Lebensformen und soziale Ordnungen zu erwägen, was vielfach unter dem Stichwort 'Muße' geschieht. Die Beiträge dieses Bandes erkunden das kulturelle Wissen im Hinblick darauf, wie Muße unter den Bedingungen der Moderne zu denken ist.
    Keywords: Social Science ; History ; World ; Social Science ; Anthropology ; Cultural & Social ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general ; bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBG General & world history ; bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JH Sociology & anthropology::JHM Anthropology::JHMC Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography
    Language: German
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    Challenges and Opportunities in Applied System Innovation (2022)
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Description: This book introduces and provides solutions to a variety of problems faced by society, companies and individuals in a quickly changing and technology-dependent world. The wide acceptance of artificial intelligence, the upcoming fourth industrial revolution and newly designed 6G technologies are seen as the main enablers and game changers in this environment. The book considers these issues not only from a technological viewpoint but also on how society, labor and the economy are affected, leading to a circular economy that affects the way people design, function and deploy complex systems.
    Keywords: Industry 4.0 ; cognitive manufacturing ; cognitive load ; human–computer interaction ; 6GIIoE priorities ; 6GIIoE challenges ; 6GIIoE applications ; information system ; sequential methodology ; 6GIIoE theoretical framework ; circular economy ; circular building ; implementation strategies ; design strategies ; circular resource flows ; digital twin ; digital model ; system optimization ; predictive maintenance ; artificial and human intelligence ; security ; risks and risk management ; quality of life ; common welfare ; socio-political assessment ; assembly ; process planning systems ; concurrent engineering ; automotive industry applications ; manufacturing industry applications ; artificial intelligence ; sustainable development ; construction ; civil engineering ; machine learning ; construction engineering ; cognitive data intelligence ; cognitive healthcare ; tiny machine learning ; 6GCIoHE theoretical framework ; data science ; statistical data processing ; predictive analytics ; classification ; clustering ; labor productivity ; health management ; health-saving strategies ; electric power industry ; bridge ; expansion joint ; joint gap ; smart bridge maintenance equipment ; sensor ; structural health monitoring ; line-scan camera ; machine vision ; change management ; COVID-19 ; decision-support model ; digitization ; employee motivation ; employee satisfaction ; human resources ; software tool ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TQ Environmental science, engineering and technology
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    Mathematiker als Rektoren der Technischen Hochschule Dresden (2022)
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-04
    Description: Höhere Lehrerbildung und eine Mathematische Gesellschaft, beide in Dresden institutionalisiert und bewährt, sind ungewöhnlich für eine technische Bildungsstätte in den 1860er/1870er Jahren und zogen hervorragende Mathematiker und Physiker an. In dieser Tradition nahmen die fünf Ordinarien Karl Rohn, Georg Helm, Martin Krause, Walther Ludwig und Gerhard Kowalewski, die später das Rektorat der Technischen Hochschule Dresden innehatten, ihre Arbeit auf. Waltraud Voss zeigt, wie sie den gesellschaftlichen Verhältnissen entsprechend Reformen mitgestalteten, sich für Neues einsetzten und dabei in Lehre und Forschung stets auf das ausgeglichene Zusammenspiel von Theorie und Praxis bedacht und bestrebt waren, die Mathematik breiteren Kreisen der Dresdner Bevölkerung näherzubringen.
    Keywords: Technische Hochschule ; Höhere Lehrerbildung ; Mathematische Gesellschaften ; Interdisziplinarität ; Wissenschaft ; Nationalsozialismus ; Wissenschaftsgeschichte ; Universität ; Geschichtswissenschaft ; Mathematical Societies ; Interdisciplinarity ; Science ; National Socialism ; History of Science ; University ; History ; thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues::PDX History of science
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    Broadsheets (2022)
    Brill | BRILL
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-01
    Description: A landmark study of single-sheet publishing during the first two centuries after the invention of printing. Long disregarded as ephemera or cheap print, broadsheets emerge as both a crucial communication medium and an essential underpinning of the economics of the publishing industry.; Readership: Historians of the book, media history and news, bibliographers and librarians, and those interested in the politics, government, religion and literature of the early modern period.
    Keywords: History ; Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700 ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology ; thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3M c 1500 onwards to present day
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    Endothelial Dysfunction: From Pathophysiology to Novel Therapeutic Approaches (2022)
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Description: Dear colleagues, This Special Issue, “Endothelial Dysfunction: From Pathophysiology to Novel Therapeutic Approaches”, focuses on the pathophysiology of endothelial dysfunction, new biomarkers for endothelial dysfunction related to cardiovascular disorders or tumors, and novel therapeutic approaches for endothelial dysfunctions. Vascular endothelium is an active tissue and plays a crucial role in the maintenance of vascular homeostasis. Chronic exposure to risk factors, such as hypertension, high cholesterolemia, or oxidative stress, induces endothelial dysfunctions and results in a loss of endothelial integrity, smooth muscle cell proliferation, and macrophage recruitment. The pathophysiology of endothelial dysfunction (ED) is complex and multi-factorial factors are involved, such as oxidative stress or chronic inflammation. The primary prevention of cardiovascular risk factors and endothelial dysfunctions, as well as the early detection of or molecular imaging techniques for endothelial dysfunction, helps to prevent the development of cardiovascular disorders. Novel therapeutic approaches or drug delivery systems for endothelial dysfunctions have had promising beneficial effects in preclinical or clinical levels by affecting the progression of atherosclerotic changes, tumor angiogenesis, and host–immune reactions near tumor environments.
    Keywords: endothelial cells ; oxidative stress ; inflammageing ; endothelial dysfunction ; aldehyde dehydrogenase-2 ; cardiovascular disease ; neurovascular disease ; vascular inflammation ; APE1/Ref-1 ; cardiovascular diseases ; subcellular localization ; serological biomarkers ; atherosclerosis ; aerobic exercise ; PCSK9 ; LOX-1 ; insulin resistance ; macrophage polarity ; serum γ-glutamyltransferase ; essential hypertension ; cardiovascular risk factors ; angiogenesis ; nargenicin A1 ; compound 9 ; VEGF ; VEGFR2 ; HIF-1α ; electronegative low-density lipoprotein ; LDL(–) ; L5 LDL ; oxidized LDL ; oxLDL ; ADMA ; arginine ; arginine paradox ; BH4 ; blood pressure ; COVID-19 ; dietary supplements ; endothelium ; eNOS uncoupling ; heart failure ; hypertension ; L-arginine ; myocardial infarction ; NADPH ; nitric oxide ; peripheral artery disease ; ApoE knockout mouse ; atorvastatin ; VCAM-1 ; galectin-3 ; neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio ; electronegative LDL ; LDL(−) ; lectin-like oxLDL receptor-1 ; dyslipidemia ; chronic venous insufficiency ; prolyl oligopeptidase (POP) ; inflammation ; endothelial disfunction ; lung disease ; endothelial to mesenchymal transition ; pulmonary hypertension ; pulmonary fibrosis ; metformin ; diabetes ; CV risk ; hyperglycemia ; glycated lipoproteins ; glycated LDL ; glycated HDL ; endothelial cell dysfunction ; molecular mechanisms ; epigenetic factors ; therapeutic approaches ; vasoactive factors ; EndoMT ; TGF-β ; epigenetics ; endothelial cell ; glycolysis ; metabolism ; pathological angiogenesis ; tumor microenvironment ; MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) ; high-fat diets ; plaque burden ; low-level laser therapy ; phototherapy ; vascular disease ; healing ; ischemia ; vascular calcification ; chronic kidney disease ; CKD ; uremic toxins ; hyperphosphatemia ; vascular smooth muscle cells ; VSMCs ; macrophages ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TC Biochemical engineering::TCB Biotechnology
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    Applications of Molecularly Imprinted Films (2022)
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Description: Molecularly imprinted polymers are materials that have voids that are complementary in shape, size, and electronic environment to a specific molecule used for preparation, known as the template. These voids are specific recognition sites that bind the templates preferentially and are used specifically for biomimetic sensors and for solid-phase extraction. Because the specific surface is very important during this process, the use of films and membranes is preferred. This book contains four articles dedicated to sensor application (three research articles and one review) and one research article dedicated to solid-phase extraction.
    Keywords: sol-gel ; molecularly imprinted films ; bisphenol A ; organosilane monomer ; molecularly imprinted polymer ; optical sensor ; plastic optical fiber ; surface plasmon resonance ; 2-furaldehyde ; vegetable oil ; waste plastic ; polyethylene terephthalate ; electrospinning ; 2-(aminomethyl)pyridine ; adsorption ; copper ion ; nanofibre ; molecularly imprinted layers ; surface polymerization ; electropolymerization ; sol–gel derived techniques ; phase inversion ; electroactive pastes and inks ; amyloid β-42 ; molecularly imprinted polymers ; potentiometric sensor ; Alzheimer biomarker ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues::TBX History of engineering and technology ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TG Mechanical engineering and materials::TGM Materials science
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    Achievements and Prospects of Functional Pavement (2022)
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Description: In order to further promote the development of functional pavement technology, a Special Issue entitled “Achievements and Prospects of Functional Pavement” has been proposed by a group of guest editors. To achieve this objective, the articles included in this Special Issue are related to different aspects of functional pavements, including green roads to decrease carbon emissions, noise, and pollution, safety pavements to increase skid resistance through water drainage and snow removal, intelligent roads for monitoring, power generation, temperature control and management, and durable roads to increase service life with new theories, new design methods, and prediction models, as highlighted in this editorial.
    Keywords: oyster shell powder ; calcite filler ; asphalt mastics ; rutting ; fatigue cracking ; thermal stability ; glass transition temperature ; modified asphalt ; fatigue resistance ; MSCR ; intermediate temperature ; cement-treated aggregate base ; fatigue equation ; loading rates ; true stress ratio ; flexural strength ; algorithm ; aggregates ; reconstitution ; image processing ; virtual modelling ; asphalt pavements ; top-down cracking mechanism ; shear damage ; tension propagation ; rock asphalt ; creep test ; thermal crack ; viscoelastic model ; oil shale waste ; silane coupling agent ; replace fine aggregate ; response surface methodology ; central composite design ; bio-char ; asphalt ; microscopic morphology ; rheological properties ; anti-aging properties ; non-Newtonian behavior ; viscosity ; bitumen ; crumb rubber modifier (CRM) ; warm mix asphalt ; asphalt mixture ; PAN fiber ; fatigue performance ; fatigue model ; loading condition ; intermediate principle stress ; compressive strength ; true-triaxial ; asphalt mixtures ; cement stabilized macadam ; gradation ; cement content ; preparation technique ; emulsified asphalt ; nano-TiO2 ; photocatalytic coating ; degradation of exhaust gas ; road engineering ; crack resistance ; fatigue crack propagation test ; reliability ; rubber asphalt stress absorption layer (RASAL) ; high viscous asphalt sand stress absorption layer (HVASAL) ; asphalt overlay ; concrete pavement ; textural characteristics ; noise ; correlation analysis ; asphalt mortar ; ageing ; FTIR ; stiffness ; strength ; Induction heating ; pavement compaction ; porous asphalt mixes ; computational tools ; HMAC ; dynamic response ; moving load ; temperature field ; rutting resistance ; the permanent deformation ; rejuvenation ; alginate ; capsules ; diatomite ; rheological characteristics ; high temperature performance ; low temperature performance ; red clay ; additive ; resilient modulus ; prediction models ; new comprehensive prediction model ; functional pavement ; green road ; safety pavement ; intelligent road ; durable road ; pavement materials ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues::TBX History of engineering and technology ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TR Transport technology and trades
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    The Land of the English Kin (2022)
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-01
    Description: Twenty-nine studies, covering a wide range of themes, present the most up-to-date thinking on the history, archaeology and toponymy of Anglo-Saxon England, with particular attention to Wessex, in honour of Professor Barbara Yorke. ; Readership: This book will appeal to historians, archaeologists and place-name scholars of the early medieval period and those interested in more specifically in the Anglo-Saxon world and the kingdom of Wessex.
    Keywords: Humanities ; History ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History
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    Numerical and Experimental Analysis of the Fracture Behaviour of Heterogeneous Welded Structures (2022)
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Description: In this book, modern trends in testing and simulating heterogeneous welded joints, including multi-scale approaches, resulting in appropriate flaw assessment procedures, are highlighted and discussed. The eleven research papers presented in this book give some overview of recent analytical, numerical, and experimental investigations in the field of yield strength mismatched welded joint behaviour. The papers cover several important issues to more accurately characterise the fracture mechanics behaviour and structural integrity assessments.
    Keywords: welding ; distortion ; stamping ; model ; prediction ; actual stress–strain diagram ; undermatching weld ; martensitic steel ; DIC ; FEM ; welded joint ; finite element method (FEM) ; multiple defects ; stress concentration ; weld metals ; welded joints ; damage mechanics ; finite element analysis ; crack growth ; ductile fracture ; Al7075 ; TC4 ; contact reactive brazing ; Cu deposited ; creep ; C* integral ; mismatched weld ; CT specimen ; yield load ; heterogeneous weld ; numerical analysis ; SE(B) specimen ; metal weld ; strength mismatch ; fracture ; plastic correction factors ; fixture rollers ; J-R resistance curve ; refinery ; piping ; API 5L X80 steel ; nonlinear strength analyses ; cleavage fracture stress ; medium carbon forging steel ; microalloyed steel ; acicular ferrite ; heterogeneous microstructure ; crack-initiation energy ; crack-propagation energy ; fracture toughness ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues::TBX History of engineering and technology ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TG Mechanical engineering and materials::TGM Materials science
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    Green Energy Technology (2022)
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-09
    Description: This book, entitled “The Green Energy Technology”, covers technologies, products, equipment, and devices, as well as energy services, based on software and data protected by patents and/or trademarks. The recent trends underline the principles of a circular economy such as sustainable product design, extending the product’s lifecycle, reusability, and recycling. These are highly related to climate change and environmental impact, and limited natural resources require scientific research and novel technical solutions. This book will serve as a collection of the latest scientific and technological approaches to “green”—i.e., environmentally friendly and sustainable—technologies. While the focus is on energy and bioenergy, it also covers "green" solutions in all aspects of industrial engineering. Green Energy Technology addresses researchers, advanced students, technical consultants and decision-makers in industries and politics. This book is a comprehensive overview and in-depth technical research paper addressing recent progress in Green Energy Technology. We hope that readers will enjoy reading this book.
    Keywords: esterification ; biodiesel ; noncatalytic reaction ; kinetic ; microwave irradiation ; bioenergy ; energy saving ; daylight ; heat flux reduction ; illumination ; CIE standard ; deep dynamic stall ; passive vortex generators ; wind turbine airfoil ; URANS simulations ; socio-technical transition ; strateg0ic niche management ; clean energy technologies ; argumentative discourse analysis ; innovation policy ; regional electricity market ; energy security ; energy efficiency ; energy sustainability ; ASEAN ; electricity liberalisation ; electricity unbundling ; TRACE ; MARS-KS ; PSBT ; void fraction ; crossflow ; circulating fluidized bed ; adsorption ; activated carbon ; phenol ; glass beads ; green supply chain ; value co-creation ; firm performance ; waste plastic oil (WPO) ; engine performance ; renewable gasoline ; pyrolysis ; Energy hybridization ; hydropower ; wind energy ; solar energy ; rural areas ; 100% Renewable grid ; energy harvesting ; electromagnetic generator ; energy floor tile ; power management system ; footstep energy harvesting ; piezoelectric ; energy harvesting paver ; hydrogen blending ; natural gas networks ; power-to-hydrogen ; hydrogen and compressed natural gas ; renewable energy ; hydrogen strategy ; water ; floatovoltaic ; photovoltaic ; energy water nexus ; dual use ; water conservation ; FPV ; floating photovoltaic ; wave energy converter ; hydraulic power take-off unit ; parameter estimation ; genetic algorithm ; non-linear programming by quadratic Lagrangian ; light pipe ; light transmission ; daylight factor ; small-scale ; success factor ; community renewable energy ; sustainable energy ; print circuit heat exchanger ; PCHE ; efficiency ; nusselt number ; heat transfer coefficient ; NTU value ; thermal performance ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues
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    Polymer Membranes for Gas Separation (2022)
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Description: This Special Issue on “Polymer Membranes for Gas Separation” of the journal Membranes aims to offer an overview about the different applications and strategies available to improve the separation performances based on the material choice and the process conditions.Various topics have been discussed, including the synthesis and characterization of novel membrane materials, membrane aging, and the impact of process conditions on transport phenomena.
    Keywords: gas separation ; CO2 capture ; mixed-matrix membranes ; aromatic poly(imide)s ; bulky pendant groups ; gas permeability ; structure-property relationship ; polyphenylacetylene ; cis-cisoid conformation ; cis-transoid conformation ; carbamate group ; membrane-forming ability ; solubility ; oxygen permeation membrane ; graphdiyne ; molecular simulation ; membrane separation ; hydrogen purification ; polyimide membrane ; natural gas separation ; pollutant effects ; stability measurements ; facilitated transport ; fixed site carrier membrane ; polyallylamine-polyvinyl alcohol-graphene oxide membrane ; modelling ; carbon capture ; gas permeation ; composite membranes ; CO2/CH4 separation ; water and organic pollutants ; hydrophilic/hydrophobic character ; biogas upgrading ; sustainable energy ; electrochemical hydrogen separation ; electrochemical hydrogen pump ; proton exchange membrane (PEM) ; hydrogen purification/separation ; physical aging ; hyper cross-linked polymer ; 13C spin-lattice relaxation times ; SS-NMR spectroscopy ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TD Industrial chemistry and manufacturing technologies::TDC Industrial chemistry and chemical engineering
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    Ultrasound for Material Characterization and Processing (2022)
    MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-09
    Description: Ultrasonic waves are nowadays used for multiple purposes including both low-intensity/high frequency and high-intensity/low-frequency ultrasound. Low-intensity ultrasound transmits energy through the medium in order to obtain information about the medium or to convey information through the medium. It is successfully used in non-destructive inspection, ultrasonic dynamic analysis, ultrasonic rheology, ultrasonic spectroscopy of materials, process monitoring, applications in civil engineering, aerospace and geological materials and structures, and in the characterization of biological media. Nowadays, it is an essential tool for assessing metals, plastics, aerospace composites, wood, concrete, and cement. High-intensity ultrasound deliberately affects the propagation medium through the high local temperatures and pressures generated. It is used in industrial processes such as welding, cleaning, emulsification, atomization, etc.; chemical reactions and reactor induced by ultrasonic waves; synthesis of organic and inorganic materials; microstructural effects; heat generation; accelerated material characterization by ultrasonic fatigue testing; food processing; and environmental protection. This book collects eleven papers, one review, and ten research papers with the aim to present recent advances in ultrasonic wave propagation applied for the characterization or the processing of materials. Both fundamental science and applications of ultrasound in the field of material characterization and material processing have been gathered.
    Keywords: ultrasonic lens ; axicon lens ; focused ultrasound ; transcranial ultrasound ; non-destructive inspection ; damage identification ; topology optimization ; ultrasonic wave propagation ; ultrasonic visualization ; L-shaped ultrasonic wave guide rod ; ultrasonic bending vibration ; 2A14 aluminum alloy ; solidification structure ; composition segregation ; 1060 aluminum alloy ; twin-roll casting ; microstructure ; mechanical properties ; concrete ; mesostructure ; Lamb wave ; heterogeneity ; Monte Carlo method ; SHM ; ultrasound ; time of flight ; reinforcement ; resin transfer molding (RTM) ; permeability ; liquid composite molding ; material characterization ; composite manufacturing ; liquid penetration ; ultrasound transmission ; capillary penetration ; porous sheets ; bulk metallic glass ; ultrasonic assisted turning ; finite element analysis ; cutting force ; guided waves ; setting time ; mortar and concrete ; early age ; thermoplastic composites ; ultrasonic joints ; resistance heating ; elastography ; viscoelastic properties ; creep ; stress relaxation ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues
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    Treason (2022)
    Brill | BRILL
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-01
    Description: Set against the framework of modern political concerns, Treason: Medieval and Early Modern Adultery, Betrayal, and Shame considers the various forms of treachery in a variety of sources, including literature, historical chronicles, and material culture creating a complex portrait of the development of this high crime.; Readership: All interested in the history and literature of medieval and early modern treason, adultery, betrayal, and shame, especially as it pertains to legal arguments and social concerns, such as gender.
    Keywords: Humanities ; History ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History
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    Low-Cost Sensors and Biological Signals (2022)
    MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-09
    Description: Many sensors are currently available at prices lower than USD 100 and cover a wide range of biological signals: motion, muscle activity, heart rate, etc. Such low-cost sensors have metrological features allowing them to be used in everyday life and clinical applications, where gold-standard material is both too expensive and time-consuming to be used. The selected papers present current applications of low-cost sensors in domains such as physiotherapy, rehabilitation, and affective technologies. The results cover various aspects of low-cost sensor technology from hardware design to software optimization.
    Keywords: inertial sensor ; gait ; validity ; functional calibration ; accuracy ; wearable electronic devices ; kinematics ; head rotation ; ecological research ; gait analysis ; characterization ; smart insole ; vertical ground reaction forces ; force sensitive resistors ; piezoelectric sensors ; sensor calibration ; heart rate ; photoplethysmography ; PPG ; time-domain ; wearable device ; concurrent validity ; outcome assessment ; feasibility ; rehabilitation ; data fusion ; MARG ; IMU ; eye tracker ; self-contained ; head motion measurement ; motor variability ; actigraphy ; triaxial accelerometers ; jumping ; human-computer interaction ; affective technologies ; interaction design ; biosensing ; actuation ; somaesthetics ; design toolkits ; serious videogames ; motion capture ; upper limbs ; physical rehabilitation ; telerehabilitation ; inertial sensors ; inertial measurement unit (IMU) ; state of the art ; inertial sensor measurement systems ; motion accuracy ; Baduanjin ; physical education ; physiotherapy ; e-health ; motion sensing ; wireless charging ; wireless connectivity ; low power ; trunk ; upper extremity ; compensation ; reaching ; Kinect ; video motion capture ; reliability ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues
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    Transcending the Nostalgic (2022)
    Berghahn Books | Berghahn Books
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-02
    Description: Even as the global economy of the twenty-first century continues its dramatic and unpredictable transformations, the landscapes it leaves in its wake bear the indelible marks of their industrial past. Whether in the form of abandoned physical structures, displaced populations, or ecological impacts, they persist in memory and lived experience across the developed world. This collection explores the affective and “more-than-representational” dimensions of post-industrial landscapes, including narratives, practices, social formations, and other phenomena. Focusing on case studies from across Europe, it examines both the objective and the subjective aspects of societies that, increasingly, produce fewer things and employ fewer workers.
    Keywords: History ; Europe ; Social Science ; Sociology ; Urban ; Business & Economics ; Economic History ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSD Urban communities ; thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCZ Economic history
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    Latest Hydroforming Technology of Metallic Tubes and Sheets (2022)
    MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-09
    Description: This Special Issue and Book, ‘Latest Hydroforming Technology of Metallic Tubes and Sheets’, includes 16 papers, which cover the state of the art of forming technologies in the relevant topics in the field. The technologies and methodologies presented in these papers will be very helpful for scientists, engineers, and technicians in product development or forming technology innovation related to tube hydroforming processes.
    Keywords: tube hydroforming ; small-diameter tube ; magnesium alloy ; warm working ; deformation characteristics ; forming defects ; forming limit ; bellows forming ; vision-based sensor ; fuzzy control ; semi-dieless forming ; local heating ; metal spinning ; tube forming ; incremental forming ; numerical control ; hydroforming ; overlapping blank ; variable-diameter part ; thickness ; ultra-thin walled tube ; tube bending ; laminated mandrel ; rotary draw bending ; Finite Element Analysis (FEA) ; deformation property ; lightweight structure ; bending ; formability ; numerical methods ; processing technology ; crash safety ; hot bending ; partial-quench ; FEM ; strip friction test ; friction coefficient ; surface roughness ; sliding speed ; contact pressure ; movable die ; loading path ; finite element simulation ; irregular bellows ; metal tube ; planetary ball dies ; diameter reduction process ; forming limits ; biaxial stretching ; forming limit measurement ; experimental design ; strain rate sensitivity ; elevated temperatures ; pneumatic forming ; drawing ; flaring ; tube expansion ; plug drawing ; thickness reduction ; hydro-flanging ; punch head shape ; finite element analysis ; alumimum alloy ; tube bulging test ; formability test ; biaxial strain ; local rubber bulging ; cutout shape ; slit length ; two-layer tube ; rigid plasticity ; arbitrary yield criterion ; arbitrary hardening law ; analytic solution ; magnesium alloy tube ; warm hydroforming ; non-uniform temperature field ; protrusion type forming ; wall thickness distribution ; coupled thermal-structural analysis ; optimization ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues
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    Women in Bioorganic Chemistry (2022)
    MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Description: Issues relating to the gender schism and its effect on the career advancement of women in the Academy, especially in the field of STEM disciplines, deserve our attention and the efforts of all the scientific community to mitigate the gender gap. In order to embrace gender equality, recognize the career progression of women, and to celebrate the achievements of women in the field of bioorganic chemistry, we present contributions both from highly renowned female scientists and young female researchers who are in the early stages of their careers. This Special Issue includes fifteen manuscripts, including eleven high-quality research articles and four comprehensive review articles in the area of bioorganic chemistry, published from mid-2020 to early 2022. The scope of this Special Issue covers a wide range of topics at the organic chemistry–biology interface, including the synthesis and derivatization of natural compounds and their analogues, and the investigation of their biological activities in the human health field (for instance as antitumorals, antioxidants and antimicrobial agents), as well as their possible application in the crop protection field as agrochemicals. An example of nanoparticle-based biomaterial is also included. The techniques employed, besides organic synthesis, are in silico studies (docking procedures and molecular modeling), FT-IR spectroscopy, laser diffraction, PET, fluorescence, STD-NMR studies, enzymatic evaluation, experiments on cell lines and in vivo studies on mice.
    Keywords: antibiotics ; biochemical studies ; iminosugars ; inhibitors ; insect trehalase ; trehalose ; in vivo studies ; mammalian trehalase ; natural compounds ; selectivity ; interrupted Nazarov cyclization ; pentacyclic steroids ; antiproliferative activity ; d-annulated steroids ; Lewis acid ; dental caries ; enamel remineralisation ; hydroxyapatite ; amelogenin ; amelogenin-derived peptides ; leucine-rich amelogenin peptides ; tyrosine-rich amelogenin peptides ; cannabidiol ; molecular mechanisms ; neurological diseases ; neuroprotective effects ; strigolactones ; Strigol ; anti-cancer ; antimicrobials ; sustainable agriculture ; α,α-difluorophosphonate ; deoxyxylulose phosphate reductoisomerase ; 1-deoxy-dxylulose 5-phosphate reductoisomerase (DXR) ; antimicrobial ; fosmidomycin ; isoprenoid biosynthesis ; 2-C-methyl-derythritol 4-phosphate (MEP) pathway ; multivalency ; gold nanoparticles ; enzyme inhibition ; Jack bean α-mannosidase ; aminoproline scaffold ; integrin targeting ; ligand design ; peptidomimetic synthesis ; leukocyte integrins ; BODIPY ; β-galactosidase activity ; PET ; fluorescent ; dispirooxindoles ; anticancer activity ; cytotoxicity ; 3D molecular docking ; p53/MDM2 interaction ; terpenes ; hydrazones ; penetration enhancers ; liposomes ; lipids ; stratum corneum ; laser diffraction ; fluorescence probe ; pyrene ; FT-IR spectroscopy ; heterohelicene ; chirality ; resolution ; enantiomers ; chiroptical ; screw-shaped compounds ; betulinic acid ; α-glucosidase ; inhibition mechanism ; postprandial hyperglycemia ; synergistic effect ; AMR ; persisters ; (p)ppGpp ; fragment screening ; thermal shift assay ; STD-NMR ; boron ; phthalimide ; benzamide ; glycosidase ; cancer ; boron neutron capture therapy ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TD Industrial chemistry and manufacturing technologies::TDC Industrial chemistry and chemical engineering
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    Urban Hydrogeology Studies (2022)
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Description: Urbanization worldwide is a pervasive phenomenon of our time, and sustainable urban development is one of the greatest challenges faced by the contemporary world. The subsurface plays a range of roles in such developments through the complex processes of urbanization, including building development, constructing roads, and providing water supplies, drainage, sanitation, and even solid waste disposal.Urban groundwater problems are usually predictable; however, they are not predicted early enough. During recent decades, progressive advances in the scientific understanding of urban hydrogeological processes and the groundwater regimes of a substantial number of cities have been documented. This extensive array of subsurface challenges that cities have to contend with lies at the core of the sustainability of the urban water cycle. This is threatened by the increasing scale and downward extent of urban subsurface construction, including utilities (cables, sewage, and drainage), transportation (tunnels, passages), and storage (cellars, parking lots, and thermal energy). The cumulative impact of this subsurface congestion on the surrounding geology, and especially on the groundwater system, has to be constantly studied and addressed.In this volume, key connections amongst urban hydrogeology activities are identified as being consistent with scientific results and good practices in their relationship to subsurface data and knowledge on subsurface systems. The volume supports a useful dialogue between the providers and consumers of urban groundwater data and knowledge, offering new perspectives on the existing research themes.
    Keywords: hydrochemistry ; chalk aquifer ; 1,1,1-trichloroethane ; degradation ; sulphate ; backfill ; leaching test ; urban development ; developing cities ; groundwater policy ; integrated management ; groundwater ; urban hydrology ; drainage ; modeling ; sewer ; baseflow ; urban hydrogeology ; groundwater quality ; sewer system ; agriculture ; groundwater modeling ; urban ; resilience ; sustainability ; hazards ; subsurface ; water cycle ; land-use ; infrastructure ; planning ; catchment ; hydrogeology ; accidental wetland ; road salt ; headwater stream ; groundwater flow ; urban groundwater ; numerical modeling ; water budget ; regional land subsidence ; groundwater abstraction ; numerical simulation ; InSAR ; Semarang City ; cutoff walls ; plastic concrete ; cement-bentonite-water ratio ; infiltration of stormwater ; green infrastructure ; nature-based solutions ; bioretention ; hydrologic performance ; full-scale testing ; drought ; urban planning ; sustainable development ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TQ Environmental science, engineering and technology
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    Fast Measurement of Individual Head-Related Transfer Functions (2022)
    Logos Verlag Berlin | Logos Verlag Berlin
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Description: While binaural technology applications gained in popularity in recent years, the majority of applications still use non-individual Head-Related Transfer Functions (HRTFs) from artificial heads. However, certain applications, for example research of spatial hearing or hearing attention, require an physically exact and realistic binaural signal. The limiting factor that prohibits the widespread use of individual HRTFs is the acquisition time of such data. This time requirement has recently been reduced by the use of parallelization in the measurement signal which lead to the development of fast measurement systems capable of acquiring individual and spatially dense HRTF. This thesis provides a objective and subjective evaluation of such a system that is designed with the goal of little disturbance of the measurements in mind. The construction is detailed, followed by both an objective and subjective evaluation. A detailed investigation into additional distortion of the sound field introduced by the system itself is presented and it is shown that the system performs comparably to a conventional system in terms of sound source localization. Furthermore, a method is introduced and evaluated to further reduce the measurement time by using continuous rotation during the measurement. This method is used to reduced the measurement duration from eight minutes to three minutes without audible differences.
    Keywords: Technology & Engineering ; Electronics ; Science ; Physics ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TJ Electronics and communications engineering::TJF Electronics engineering ; thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PH Physics
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    Achievements and Prospects of Advanced Pavement Materials Technologies (2022)
    MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Description: Road transportation is a basic need for mobility and daily life. Currently, there are a number of challenges in dealing with distressed pavement and seeking new materials with sustainability in mind in pavement systems. Therefore, it is important to conduct further research in the following areas: (1) pavement structure, materials, and design; (2) pavement models as better solutions for pavement constructions; (3) pavement mechanics for improved understanding and mechanism analyses; (4) utilization of recycled materials for environmentally friendly solutions; (5) maintenance and rehabilitation for an extended life span of pavement; (6) intelligent construction for project management, energy conservation, and future constructions; and (7) innovative approaches to test and evaluate the performance of pavement materials. The purpose of this Special Issue “Achievements and Prospects of Advanced Pavement Materials Technologies” is to explore new research ideas for pavement materials as described above.
    Keywords: SBS-modified bitumen ; stabilizer ; thermal storage stability ; vulcanization reaction ; 48-h segregation softening point difference ; pavement design ; fatigue life ; recycling ; reclaimed asphalt pavement ; RAP ; mechanistic method ; prestressed concrete pavement ; oblique ; demonstrative road section ; stress analysis ; polyurethane ; asphalt mixture ; epoxy resin ; adhesive layer ; shear strength ; inclined shear test ; TPCB ; asphalt and asphalt mixture ; physical performance ; rheological properties ; optimization of pavement performance ; asphalt ; rejuvenator ; vegetable oil ; pavement performance ; traditional indexes ; rheological indexes ; service life ; fatigue test ; moduli decay ; loading condition ; stress state ; highway engineering ; light screening preventive maintenance agent ; optimum proportion ; permeability ; restore performance ; light aging resistance ; concrete pavement ; anti-skid performance durability ; self-developed equipment ; self-developed composite curing agent ; longitudinally-transversely grooved form ; road engineering ; bio-oil ; asphalt binder ; high-temperature performance ; master curve ; asphalt modification ; coupling agent ; rheological behavior ; plastic ; calcium carbonate powder ; carbon black nano-particles (CBNPs) ; performance grading ; scanning electron microscopy (SEM) ; dynamic modulus ; rutting ; waste engine oil ; rheological analysis ; low temperature stiffness ; Discovery Hybrid Rheometer (DHR) ; asphalt mixtures ; three-dimensional stress states ; freeze-thaw cycles ; triaxial strength ; failure criterion ; nano hydrophobic silane silica ; spring-thawing season ; damage evolution ; damage model ; gray rational degree theory ; dispersion ; aged asphalt binder ; modified ; micromechanism ; performance ; pavement engineering ; runoff pollutants ; spatial-temporal distribution ; source control measures ; purification materials ; asphalt mixes ; linear viscoelasticity ; complex modulus ; dynamic measurements ; tension–compression tests ; frequency response function ; back-analysis ; finite element method ; Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs) ; wet mixing ; bitumen ; homogeneous dispersion ; adhesion ; basalt fiber ; freeze-thaw cycle ; logistic damage model ; grey model ; EPS lightweight soil ; cyclic load ; axial accumulative strain ; resilient modulus ; damping ratio ; polyacrylate ; hollow microspheres ; spray drying ; discrete element ; digital image ; fatigue ; crack ; Green pavement ; Clustering index ; Extraction test and Cantabro-crushing test ; Breakage behavior ; Cluster phenomenon ; SBS modified asphalt ; laboratory test ; evaluation index ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues::TBX History of engineering and technology ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TR Transport technology and trades
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    Sex, Power, and Slavery (2022)
    Ohio University Press | Ohio University Press
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-02
    Description: Sexual exploitation was and is a critical feature of enslavement. Across many different societies, slaves were considered to own neither their bodies nor their children, even if many struggled to resist. At the same time, paradoxes abound: for example, in some societies to bear the children of a master was a potential route to manumission for some women. Sex, Power, and Slavery is the first history of slavery and bondage to take sexuality seriously. Twenty-six authors from diverse scholarly backgrounds look at the vexed, traumatic intersections of the histories of slavery and of sexuality. They argue that such intersections mattered profoundly and, indeed, that slavery cannot be understood without adequate attention to sexuality. Sex, Power, and Slavery brings into conversation historians of the slave trade, art historians, and scholars of childhood and contemporary sex trafficking. The book merges work on the Atlantic world and the Indian Ocean world and enables rich comparisons and parallels between these diverse areas.  Contributors: David Brion Davis, Martin Klein, Richard Hellie, Abdul Sheriff, Griet Vankeerberghen, E. Ann McDougall, Matthew S. Hopper, Marie Rodet, George La Rue, Ulrike Schmieder, Tara Iniss, Mariana Candido, James Francis Warren, Johanna Ransmeier, Roseline Uyanga with Marie-Luise Ermisch, Francesca Ann Louise Mitchell, Shigeru Sato, Gabeba Baderoon, Charmaine Nelson, Ana Lucia Araujo, Brian Lewis, Ronaldo Vainfas, Salah Trabelsi, Joost Coté, Sandra Evers, and Subho Basu
    Keywords: History ; World ; Social Science ; Prostitution & Sex Trade ; Social Science ; Slavery ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHB General and world history ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues::JBFW Sex and sexuality, social aspects ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues::JBFV Ethical issues and debates ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTS Slavery and abolition of slavery
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    The Delta Survey Workshop (2022)
    Archaeopress Publishing | Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-02
    Description: The Delta Survey Workshop comprises the proceedings of two conferences organised by the Delta Survey Project and held in Alexandria in 2017 and Mansoura in 2019. The 23 papers contain the results of the latest fieldwork in the Nile Delta and Sinai, from survey work that records and documents unknown and new sites such as Kom Dabaa and Mutubis or sites in Kafr Dawar and Wadi Tumilat, to excavation reports from established projects at major sites such as Qantir, Bubastis, Tell Heboua, Tell el-Maskhuta, Akademia, Taposiris Magna and Tell Fara’in (Buto). New work is also reported from Tell Tebilla, urban funerary sites in Alexandria, and Arab el Hisn (Heliopolis). There are also thematically focussed papers covering ovens recorded in archaeological and ethnological fieldwork, tower houses, amphorae and pottery and human remains. In addition, there are mapping and remote sensing reports from Mariut and the Buto area, rock inscriptions in Sinai and a catalogue project of material in the St Mark antiquities collection in Alexandria.
    Keywords: History ; Ancient ; Egypt ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHC Ancient history
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    Advances in Sensors and Sensing for Technical Condition Assessment and NDT (2022)
    MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-09
    Description: The adequate assessment of key apparatus conditions is a hot topic in all branches of industry. Various online and offline diagnostic methods are widely applied to provide early detections of any abnormality in exploitation. Furthermore, different sensors may also be applied to capture selected physical quantities that may be used to indicate the type of potential fault. The essential steps of the signal analysis regarding the technical condition assessment process may be listed as: signal measurement (using relevant sensors), processing, modelling, and classification. In the Special Issue entitled “Advances in Sensors and Sensing for Technical Condition Assessment and NDT”, we present the latest research in various areas of technology.
    Keywords: pulse compression ; scattering ; attenuation ; insulation ; ultrasonic testing ; OLTC ; AE sensor ; acoustic emission ; feature extraction ; supervised classification ; machine learning ; contrast-enhanced ultrasound ; muscle perfusion ; Nakagami parameter ; compounding Nakagami imaging ; low-frequency sensor ; power transformer ; low-frequency noise ; genetic algorithm ; geometric layout of railway track ; track axis identification ; tramway loop ; route’s polygon ; GNSS mobile measurements ; vibroarthography ; VAG ; knee joint ; spectral features ; frequency analysis ; non-invasive examination ; lateral temperature gradient ; temperature field ; boundary conditions ; solar radiation intensity ; temperature monitoring ; non-destructive evaluation ; eddy current ; 3D sensing ; inverse problem ; wavelet transform ; principal component analysis ; neural network ; incubation ; spectrum ; image processing ; ROC curve ; infrasound measurement system ; wind turbine ; infrasound correlation analysis ; measuring scale ; thermoelastic deformation ; coefficient of thermal expansion ; elastic waves ; laser ultrasound ; Fizeau fiber interferometer ; defect identification ; high-current pulses ; current measurement ; high-current shunts ; circuit modeling ; Rogowski coil ; electrodynamic accelerators ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues
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    Ambienti sensoriali “terapeutici” che rendano Abili (2022)
    Firenze University Press
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-23
    Description: People with Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD) have a particular sensory sensitivity, causing their surrounding environment to affect the quality of life significantly. It is called a “spectrum”, because there is a great variety of behaviours making it difficult to define universal and design criteria. These behaviours do however require a new dynamic and flexible approach, enabling the customization of the feedback to the project. Starting from the study of the specific needs of users, the environmental conditions and the design approaches, this research aims at providing innovative tools to support the design of “therapeutic” environments which could reduce the discomfort and stress related to the person’s enablement, in order to include them in the social community within an integrated life project, concerning “home”, applied living spaces (school, work, day centres...) and emergency conditions with respect to treatments.
    Keywords: thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AM Architecture ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TT Other technologies and applied sciences
    Language: Italian
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    Making Martyrs (2022)
    Academic Studies Press | Academic Studies Press
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-26
    Description: In Making Martyrs: The Language of Sacrifice in Russian Culture from Stalin to Putin, Yuliya Minkova examines the language of canonization and vilification in Soviet and post-Soviet media, official literature, and popular culture. She argues that early Soviet narratives constructed stories of national heroes and villains alike as examples of uncovering a person's "true self." The official culture used such stories to encourage heroic self-fashioningamong Soviet youth and as a means of self-policing and censure. Later Soviet narratives maintained this sacrificial imagery in order to assert the continued hold of Soviet ideology on society, while post-Soviet discourses of victimhood appeal to nationalist nostalgia. Sacrificial mythology continues to maintain a persistent hold in contemporary culture, as evidenced most recently by the Russian intelligentsia's fascination with the former oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the Russian media coverage of the war in Ukraine, laws against US adoption of Russian children and against the alleged propaganda of homosexuality aimed at minors, renewed national pride in wartime heroes, and the current usage of the words "sacred victim" in public discourse. In examining these various cases, the book traces the trajectory of sacrificial language from individual identity construction to its later function of lending personality and authority to the Soviet and post-Soviet state.
    Keywords: Literary Criticism ; Comparative Literature ; History ; Russia & The Former Soviet Union ; thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHQ History of other geographical groupings and regions
    Language: Russian
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    Freeze-Drying Technology in Foods (2022)
    MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-09
    Description: This Special Issue provides an update on the most recent research and developments in the area of freeze-drying technology in foods. It presents a combination of experimental and modeling studies, offering an overview of oncoming challenges and opportunities on the topic.
    Keywords: aquafaba ; chickpea ; emulsifiers ; egg replacer ; egg-free products ; vitamin C ; total phenols ; total carotenoids ; antioxidant activity ; colour ; mechanical properties ; pressure ; shelf temperature ; freezing rate ; freeze-drying ; lyophilization ; plant-based foods ; fruits ; vegetables ; blueberry freeze-drying ; berry-busting ; skin perforation ; primary drying time ; quality ; gellan gum ; modified pH ; riboflavin ; drying kinetics ; release mechanism ; model discrimination ; process design ; rehydration ; modelling ; microstructure ; food quality ; encapsulation ; processes combination ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues
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    Romano Del Nord. Teoria e prassi del progetto di architettura (2022)
    Firenze University Press
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-23
    Description: Romano Del Nord has been a point of reference for Architectural Technology and a protagonist in academic research and the realization of building programs. Meditating on his work brings out the relationship between research, cultural and social commitment and realization skills that distinguished his mindset and his way of acting. The book offers a reasoned rereading of his writings, drawn from books, articles and conferences, chronologically ordered and grouped around some areas most performed by Del Nord: the building process, the places for education, the spaces for health care. A rereading tracing the years when the discipline of architectural design for the community established itself, scientifically founded and attentive to resources and contexts. His words testify to the vision which accompanied his commitment, in the years between the 20th and 21st centuries, on the relationship between research and design, training and society, innovation and building processes, strategies and policies.
    Keywords: Architectural technology ; research ; design ; building process ; education ; thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AM Architecture ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TT Other technologies and applied sciences
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    Militarizing Men (2022)
    Academic Studies Press | Academic Studies Press
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-02
    Description: A state's ability to maintain mandatory conscription and wage war rests on the idea that a "real man" is one who has served in the military. Yet masculinity has no inherent ties to militarism. The link between men and the military, argues Maya Eichler, must be produced and reproduced in order to fill the ranks, engage in combat, and mobilize the population behind war. In the context of Russia's post-communist transition and the Chechen wars, men's militarization has been challenged and reinforced. Eichler uncovers the challenges by exploring widespread draft evasion and desertion, anti-draft and anti-war activism led by soldiers' mothers, and the general lack of popular support for the Chechen wars. However, the book also identifies channels through which militarized gender identities have been reproduced. Eichler's empirical and theoretical study of masculinities in international relations applies for the first time the concept of "militarized masculinity," developed by feminist IR scholars, to the case of Russia.
    Keywords: History ; Russia & The Former Soviet Union ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHQ History of other geographical groupings and regions
    Language: Russian
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    Advanced Polymers for Biomedical Applications (2022)
    MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Description: Polymers are the largest and most versatile class of biomaterials, being extensively applied for therapeutic applications. From natural to synthetic polymers, the possibilities to design and modify their physical-chemical properties make these systems of great interest in a wide range of biomedical applications as diverse as drug delivery systems, organ-on-a-chip, diagnostics, tissue engineering, and so on.In recent years, advances in the synthesis and modification of polymers and characterization techniques have allowed the design of novel biomaterials as well as the study of their biological behavior in vitro and in vivo.The purpose of this Special Issue is to highlight recent achievements in the synthesis and modification of polymers for biomedical applications for final applications in the field of biomedicine.
    Keywords: biocomposite ; chitosan ; chlorhexidine ; coating ; hernia ; mesh infection ; nanoparticles ; PLGA ; polypropylene ; rifampicin ; 3D-bioprinting ; static mixer ; reactive hydrogel ; hyaluronic acid ; modified chitosan ; curcumin ; microwave ; interpenetrated polymer network ; semi-IPN ; methacrylated hyaluronic acid ; glycerylphytate ; mesenchymal stem cell ; bioadhesion ; biomaterials ; biomedical application ; healthcare system management ; innovation ; polymer based bioadhesive ; polymers ; magnetite nanoparticles ; Tween 80 ; synthesis ; nanotoxicology ; genotoxicity ; hemotoxicity ; soy protein ; film ; semiconductor ; biomaterial ; additive manufacturing ; sterilization ; medical devices ; bioabsorbable ; polymer ; biopolymer ; hydrogel ; microparticles ; dye release ; drug delivery system ; dual-responsiveness ; dendritic polyglycerol sulfates ; biofabrication ; microfluidics ; electrospinning ; 3D printing ; electrospraying ; natural polymers ; cell encapsulation ; polymeric prodrug ; dual-sensitive ; combination chemotherapy ; drug conjugation ; dextran ; hydrogels ; carboxymethyl cellulose ; succinoglycan ; metal coordination ; drug delivery ; swelling properties ; extracellular matrix ; external stimuli ; tissue maturation ; gelatin ; sodium carboxymethyl cellulose ; scaffold ; A549 cells ; freeze drying ; silicone rubber ; biomechanical ; hyper-elastic ; constitutive model ; FEA ; pH-sensitive hydrogel ; poly(acrylic acid) ; quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) ; ellipsometric measurement ; antibacterial activity ; Ganoderma lucidum ; polysaccharides ; cisplatin ; synergistic effect ; anti-lung cancer ; nanocellulose fiber ; low methoxyl pectin ; sodium alginate ; clindamycin ; pancreatic cancer ; gemcitabine ; controlled release ; non-woven sheet ; chemotherapy ; antitumor efficacy ; poly(L-lactic acid) ; antimicrobials agents ; amphiphilic block copolymer ; quaternized polymer ; hemolysis ; micelle ; black phosphorus ; polyetheretherketone ; lubrication properties ; antibacterial properties ; sensorineural hearing loss ; cochlear implants ; self-bending electrode arrays ; silicone rubber–hydrogel composites ; actuators ; swelling behavior ; curvature ; biocompatibility ; nanofibrous dura mater ; antifibrosis ; neuroprotection ; tetramethylpyrazine ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TC Biochemical engineering::TCB Biotechnology
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    Symmetries in Quantum Mechanics and Statistical Physics (2022)
    MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-28
    Description: This book collects contributions to the Special Issue entitled "Symmetries in Quantum Mechanics and Statistical Physics" of the journal Symmetry. These contributions focus on recent advancements in the study of PT–invariance of non-Hermitian Hamiltonians, the supersymmetric quantum mechanics of relativistic and non-relativisitc systems, duality transformations for power–law potentials and conformal transformations. New aspects on the spreading of wave packets are also discussed.
    Keywords: non-Hermitian quantum dynamics ; unitary vicinity of exceptional points ; degenerate perturbation theory ; Hilbert-space geometry near EPs ; relativistic wave equation ; Klein–Gordon equation ; Dirac equation ; Proca equation ; supersymmetry ; quantum mechanics ; shape invariance ; curved space ; position-dependent mass ; supersymmetric quantum mechanics ; self-adjoint extensions ; infinite square well ; contact potentials ; power-law duality ; classical and quantum mechanics ; semiclassical quantization ; quark confinement ; spreading wave function ; scattering ; localization ; Klein–Gordon oscillator ; Green’s function ; semiclassical theories and applications ; classical general relativity ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues
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    Running Dynamics of Rail Vehicles (2022)
    MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Description: The investigation of rail vehicle running dynamics plays an important role in the more than 200 year development of railway vehicles and infrastructure. Currently, there are a number of new requirements for rail transport associated with the reduced environmental impact, energy consumption and wear, whilst increasing train speed and passenger comfort. Therefore, the running dynamics of rail vehicles is still a research topic that requires improved simulation tools and experimental procedures. The book focuses on the current research topics in railway vehicles running dynamics. Special attention is given to high-speed railway transport, acoustic and vibrational impact of railway transport to the surroundings, optimization of energy supply systems for railway transport, traction drives optimization and wear of wheels and rails.
    Keywords: wear ; turnout ; rail ; stiffness ; high-speed ; dynamic characteristics ; traction drive system ; direct torque control ; electromechanical coupling modeling ; variable conditions ; rail vehicle ; rail infrastructure ; threshold effect ; dynamics ; numerical simulations ; testing ; optimal controller ; traction drive ; vector control system ; railway noise ; high-speed railways ; environmental impact ; energy saving ; control by forecast ; power limit of consumption ; railway transport infrastructure object ; simulation in the daily cycle ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues::TBX History of engineering and technology ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TQ Environmental science, engineering and technology
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    China (2022)
    El Colegio de México
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-01
    Description: El cumplimiento de cuarenta años de docencia e investigación sobre China en El Colegio de México en el año 2004 y del mismo número de años de publicación continua de la revista Estudios de Asia y África, antes Estudios Orientales, en el 2005, es una ocasión propicia para la selección y publicación de algunos artículos sobre ese país aparecidos en la mencionada revista.
    Keywords: History ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History
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    Biorefinery (2022)
    MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-09
    Description: Renewable fuels and chemicals derived from lignocellulosic biomass offer unprecedented opportunities for replacing fossil fuel derivatives, reducing our overdependence on imported oil, and mitigating current climate change trends. Despite technical developments and considerable efforts, breakthrough technologies are still required to overcome hurdles in developing sustainable biorefineries. In recent years, new biorefinery concepts including a lignin-first approach and a closed-loop biorefinery have been introduced to tackle technoeconomic challenges. Furthermore, researchers have advanced the development of new technologies which enable the utilization of biomass components for sustainable materials. It is now apparent that advanced processes are essential for ensuring the success of future biorefineries. This book presents processes for biomass fractionation, lignin valorization, and sugar conversion or introduces new bioproducts (chemicals and materials) from renewable resources, addressing the current status, technical/technoeconomic challenges, and new strategies.
    Keywords: Biomass ; two-step pretreatment ; steam explosion ; organosolv treatment ; empty fruit bunch ; pinewood ; green pretreatment ; enzymatic hydrolysis ; lignin structural features ; poplar ; FTIR ; contaminants ; by-products ; lignin valorization ; lignin applications ; 3D printing ; electrochemical material ; medical application ; drying effect ; cellulose ; hornification ; porosity ; bioethanol ; economic analysis ; hand sanitiser ; oil palm empty fruit bunch (OPEFB) ; simultaneous saccharification and fermentation ; SuperPro Designer® ; renewable fuel ; high-density fuel ; α-pinene dimerization ; turpentine ; stannic chloride molten salt hydrates ; xylooligosaccharides ; autohydrolysis ; sweet sorghum bagasse ; isobutanol ; biorefinery ; metabolic engineering ; biomass utilization ; aqueous biphasic system ; dilute acid hydrolysate ; furfural production ; solvent extraction ; response surface methodology ; biomass fractionation ; bioproducts ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues
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    Recent Advances and Applications of Machine Learning in Metal Forming Processes (2022)
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Description: Machine learning (ML) technologies are emerging in Mechanical Engineering, driven by the increasing availability of datasets, coupled with the exponential growth in computer performance. In fact, there has been a growing interest in evaluating the capabilities of ML algorithms to approach topics related to metal forming processes, such as: Classification, detection and prediction of forming defects; Material parameters identification; Material modelling; Process classification and selection; Process design and optimization. The purpose of this Special Issue is to disseminate state-of-the-art ML applications in metal forming processes, covering 10 papers about the abovementioned and related topics.
    Keywords: sheet metal forming ; uncertainty analysis ; metamodeling ; machine learning ; hot rolling strip ; edge defects ; intelligent recognition ; convolutional neural networks ; deep-drawing ; kriging metamodeling ; multi-objective optimization ; FE (Finite Element) AutoForm robust analysis ; defect prediction ; mechanical properties prediction ; high-dimensional data ; feature selection ; maximum information coefficient ; complex network clustering ; ring rolling ; process energy estimation ; metal forming ; thermo-mechanical FEM analysis ; artificial neural network ; aluminum alloy ; mechanical property ; UTS ; topological optimization ; artificial neural networks (ANN) ; machine learning (ML) ; press-brake bending ; air-bending ; three-point bending test ; sheet metal ; buckling instability ; oil canning ; artificial intelligence ; convolution neural network ; hot rolled strip steel ; defect classification ; generative adversarial network ; attention mechanism ; deep learning ; mechanical constitutive model ; finite element analysis ; plasticity ; parameter identification ; full-field measurements ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues::TBX History of engineering and technology ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TT Other technologies and applied sciences::TTU Mining technology and engineering
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    Dictators and Autocrats (2022)
    Routledge | Routledge
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-02
    Description: In order to truly understand the emergence, endurance, and legacy of autocracy, this volume of engaging essays explores how autocratic power is acquired, exercised, and transferred or abruptly ended through the careers and politics of influential figures in more than 20 countries and six regions.The book looks at both traditional "hard" dictators, such as Hitler, Stalin, and Mao, and more modern "soft" or populist autocrats, who are in the process of transforming once fully democratic countries into autocratic states, including Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Turkey, Brazilian leader Jair Bolsonaro, Rodrigo Duterte in the Philippines, Narendra Modi in India, and Viktor Orbán in Hungary. The authors touch on a wide range of autocratic and dictatorial figures in the past and present, including present-day autocrats, such as Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping, military leaders, and democratic leaders with authoritarian aspirations. They analyze the transition of selected autocrats from democratic or benign semi-democratic systems to harsher forms of autocracy, with either quite disastrous or more successful outcomes.An ideal reader for students and scholars, as well as the general public, interested in international affairs, leadership studies, contemporary history and politics, global studies, security studies, economics, psychology, and behavioral studies.
    Keywords: History ; Asia ; China ; History ; History ; Africa ; Central ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHF Asian history ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHH African history
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    Prospects for Electric Mobility: Systemic, Economic and Environmental Issues (2022)
    MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-28
    Description: The transport sector, which is currently almost completely based on fossil fuels, is one of the major contributors to greenhouse gas emissions. Heading towards a more sustainable development of mobility could be possible with more energy efficient automotive technologies such as battery electric vehicles. The number of electric vehicles has been increasing over the last decade, but there are still many challenges that have to be solved in the future. This Special Issue “Prospects for Electric Mobility: Systemic, Economic and Environmental Issues” contributes to the better understanding of the current situation as well as the future prospects and impediments for electro mobility. The published papers range from historical development of electricity use in different transport modes and the recent challenges up to future perspectives.
    Keywords: electricity ; transportation ; e-mobility ; CO2 emissions ; decarbonization ; marginal cost ; sustainability ; V2G ; bidirectionally chargeable electric vehicles ; smart charging ; unmanaged charging ; spot markets ; day-ahead market ; intraday auction ; continuous intraday trading ; mixed integer linear optimization ; revenues potentials of EVs ; electric mobility ; charging strategies ; economics ; promotion policies ; mixed-integer optimization ; flexible systems ; charging infrastructure ; load management ; battery electric vehicle ; urban area ; multi-apartment building ; zero emission mobility ; private charging ; second life of batteries ; electromobility ; battery energy system storage ; ancillary service ; frequency regulation ; economic evaluation ; electric vehicle ; life cycle assessment ; AC charging ; DC charging ; economic assessment ; mountain rescue operations ; emergency response ; multi-method-research ; best–worst scaling ; shared parking ; sharing economy ; P + R car park ; low-power chargers ; battery electric vehicles ; public transport ; emissions ; policies ; distributed energy systems ; cost- and GHG emission minimization ; environment ; passenger cars ; mobility-as-a-Service ; electric vehicles ; e-car sharing ; e-scooter sharing ; sustainable mobility ; suburban area ; choice-based conjoint ; latent class analysis ; willingness to pay ; market simulations ; genetic algorithm ; V2G services ; valley filling ; peak shaving ; flexibility ; motorized private transport ; modelling electricity demand ; driving patterns ; electricity demand profile ; transport ; electricity sector ; demand side integration ; total system costs ; COVID-19 pandemic ; transportation modeling ; thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues
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    Modellierung des Fachwissens von Lehrkräften in der Teilchenphysik (Volume 315) (2022)
    Logos Verlag Berlin | Logos Verlag Berlin
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-04
    Description: Die Teilchenphysik als Teilgebiet der modernen Physik gewinnt zunehmend an Bedeutung im schulischen Physikunterricht. In dieser Arbeit wird erstmalig das von Lehrkräften benötigte Fachwissen zur Teilchenphysik modelliert, wobei Fachwissen als ein Teil des Professionswissens verstanden wird. Als Fachwissensdimensionen werden die Inhaltsbereiche und die Wissensarten in den Fokus genommen, für welche jeweils Subfacetten identifiziert und präzise beschrieben werden. Nach einem überblick über die wesentlichen Ideen der Teilchenphysik wird in der Arbeit die sukzessive Modellierung des Fachwissens im Rahmen einer qualitativ und quantitativ angelegten Delphi-Studie vorgestellt. In drei Befragungsrunden wurden zwischen 35 und 65 internationale Expertinnen und Experten aus der teilchenphysikbezogenen Forschung (Fachwissenschaft und Fachdidaktik) und öffentlichkeitsarbeit (u.a. Wissenschaftsjournalismus) sowie erfahrene Lehrkräfte zu den für das Fachwissen relevanten Themen der Teilchenphysik befragt. Empirische Analysen der Befragungsrunden ergaben, dass sich die Dimension Inhaltsbereiche im deklarativen Wissen aus zehn teilchenphysikalischen Themen (z.B. Teilchen in der Hochenergiephysik, die vier fundamentalen Wechselwirkungen) zusammensetzt, von welchen sechs als besonders relevant eingeschätzt wurden. Im Anschluss an die letzte Befragungsrunde wurde theoriegeleitet eine erste Modellierung der Inhaltsbereiche für die Wissensarten des prozeduralen und konditionalen Wissens vorgenommen.
    Keywords: Science ; Education ; Science ; Physics ; thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues ; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education ; thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PH Physics
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    Active Materials for Medical Applications (2022)
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Description: This Special Issue was proposed by and for engineers, physicists, medical doctors, researchers and scientists. We intend to analyze and discuss different topics on special materials for medical applications. There is great potential in the application of active or smart materials (metallic, polymer or ceramic) for the progression of applications in the medical domain of MEMS, actuators, sensors or functional systems. Active or “smart” materials have the ability to respond to different physical or chemical stimuli in a specific, repeatable mode. The actual activity in the domain, however, presents problems connected to obtaining, processing, characterizing, modeling and simulating or prototyping technologies. This Special Issue focuses on the most recent advances in obtaining and thermal and mechanical processing active materials used in the medical field with enhanced performances.
    Keywords: self-expandable metallic stent ; ear canal ; cadaver ; ear speculum ; endoscopy ; surfactant ; skin barrier function ; skin permeability ; alkyl structure ; magnetic abrasive finishing ; FEMM ; surface roughness ; multi-feed movement ; beta-titanium wire ; EDS elemental mapping ; atomic force microscope ; 3D printing ; Co–Cr–W ; dental materials ; SEM ; EDS ; scratch test ; droplet adhesion ; profilometry ; microhardness ; Mg–Ca–Gd alloys ; microstructure ; electrochemical evaluation ; in vitro test ; dental bridges ; inlays ; finite element analysis ; orthodontics ; healthy and reduced periodontium ; bodily movement ; mandibular anterior teeth ; PLD ; turmeric ; curcuminoid-silanol films ; transdermal patch ; demetoxilation ; SEM-EDS ; LIF ; hemp composite ; Ti4Al4Zr ; HA ; electrophoresis ; corrosion ; biodegradable ; Zn ; microscratch ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues::TBX History of engineering and technology ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TG Mechanical engineering and materials::TGM Materials science
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    Krankheit gestalten (2022)
    transcript Verlag | transcript Verlag
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-31
    Description: Moulagen - plastische Krankheitsdarstellungen - waren wichtige Dokumentations- und Lehrobjekte der Medizin. Die Moulagenbildner*innen galten in der Medizingeschichte oft als skurrile Außenseiter*innen, deren Arbeit von alchemistisch anmutender Geheimnistuerei umgeben war. Henrik Eßler widmet sich erstmals der Berufsgeschichte dieser unterschätzten Spezialist*innen. Dabei stellt er einerseits die Bedeutung der Moulage heraus, die weit über eine »naturgetreue« Nachbildung hinausging. Andererseits rückt er die Stellung der Moulagenbildner*innen im wissenschaftlichen Arbeitsprozess in ein neues Licht: Sie waren nicht nur ausführendes Organ, sondern Kooperationspartner*innen im Forschungszusammenhang.
    Keywords: Medizin ; Moulage ; Deutschland ; Medizingeschichte ; Krankheit ; Kunst ; Wissenschaft ; Technik ; Arbeit ; Technikgeschichte ; Wissenschaftsgeschichte ; Medizinsoziologie ; Geschichtswissenschaft ; Medicine ; Germany ; History of Medicine ; Illness ; Art ; Science ; Technology ; Work ; History of Technology ; History of Science ; Sociology of Medicine ; History ; thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues::MBX History of medicine ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues::TBX History of engineering and technology ; thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues::PDX History of science
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    Advances in Remote Sensing of Postfire Environmental Damage and Recovery Dynamics (2022)
    MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Description: Understanding forest fire regimes involves characterizing spatial distribution, recurrence, intensity, seasonality, size, and severity. In recent years, knowledge of damage levels can be directly related to the environmental impact of fire and, at the same time, it is a valuable estimator of fire intensity, when the data about it are not available. Remote sensing may be seen as a tool to accurately assess burn severity and to predict the potential effects of forest fires on ecosystems, thus making the prediction of the regeneration of the plant community and the effects on ecosystems easier. This information is basic to facilitate decision-making in the post-fire management of fire-prone ecosystems. Nowadays, there has been intense research activity in relation to burned areas, burn severity, and vegetation regeneration because fires in many areas of the planet are becoming more severe and extensive, and their correct evaluation and follow-up is posing great challenges to current scientists. The current advances in remote sensing and related sciences will allow us to evaluate the damage with greater precision and to know with greater reliability the dynamics of recovery. This reprint contains studies on new remote sensing technologies, new sensors, data collections, and processing methodologies that can be successfully applied in burn severity mapping, vegetation recovery monitoring, and post-fire management of fire-prone ecosystems affected by large fires. We hope this book can help readers become more familiar with this knowledge and foster an increased interest in this field.
    Keywords: arctic tundra fire ; vegetation recovery ; C- and L-band SAR ; SAR backscatter ; wildfire ; Araucaria araucana ; Landsat 8 OLI ; normalized burn ratio ; normalized difference vegetation index ; char soil index ; mid-infrared burned index ; classification thresholds ; transfer learning model ; SSTCA ; burn severity ; forest fire ; SVR ; Landsat ; Mediterranean ; energy balance ; evapotranspiration ; land surface temperature ; land surface albedo ; dNBR ; post-fire recovery ; time series ; LandTrendr ; K-means ; driving factors ; pine forests ; alpine treeline ecotone ; repeat photography ; monoplotting ; lidar ; fire ; composite burn index ; Tree canopy cover ; RTM ; Sentinel-2A ; burned areas detection ; shade fraction image ; linear spectral mixing model ; VIIRS ; PROBA-V ; Landsat-8 OLI ; time-series ; Google Earth Engine ; NBR ; random forest ; fire history ; support vector machine ; fuzzy logic ; wildland fire extent ; wildland fire severity ; small unmanned aircraft systems ; landsat ; mask region-based convolutional neural network ; small unmanned aircraft system ; canopy cover ; tree mortality ; ecological disturbance ; ecosystem functioning ; EFAs ; fire severity ; satellite image time-series ; wildfires ; prescribed burns ; SAR ; fire impact ; radar burn ratio ; post-fire restoration ; change detection ; UAS ; structure-from-motion ; California ; forest structure ; fire management ; airborne laser scanner ; ALS ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TQ Environmental science, engineering and technology
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    Biosensors: 10th Anniversary Feature Papers (2022)
    MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Description: Biosensors are analytical devices used for the detection of a chemical substance, or analyte, which combines a biological component with a physicochemical detector. Detection and quantification are based on the measurement of the biological interactions. The biological element of a biosensor may consist of tissues, microorganisms, organelles, cell receptors, enzymes, antibodies and nucleic acids. These devices have been shown to have a wide range of applications in a vast array of fields of research, including environmental monitoring, food analysis, drug detection and health and clinical assessment, and even security and safety. The current Special Issue, “Biosensors: 10th Anniversary Feature Papers”, addresses the existing knowledge gaps and aids the advancement of biosensing applications, in the form of six peer-reviewed research and review papers, detailing the most recent and innovative developments of biosensors.
    Keywords: antioxidants ; biosensor ; nanomaterials ; vasodilator activity ; breast cancer screening ; imaging biomarker ; deep sparse autoencoder ; dimensionality reduction ; deep-learning features ; Bioassays ; high performance thin layer chromatography ; endocrine disrupting compounds ; fluorescent proteins ; wastewater ; electromagnetic piezoelectric acoustic sensor ; quartz ; adsorption ; diagnostics ; extracellular vesicle ; dithiocarbamate fungicides ; chromatography ; Raman spectroscopy ; sensors ; enzyme inhibition ; voltammetry ; biosensors ; tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) ; capacitive field-effect sensor ; bi-enzyme biosensor ; enzyme-logic gate ; urease ; penicillinase ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues::TBX History of engineering and technology ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TG Mechanical engineering and materials::TGM Materials science
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    Battery Management Systems of Electric and Hybrid Electric Vehicles (2022)
    MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-09
    Description: The topics of interest in this book include significant challenges in the BMS design of EV/HEV. The equivalent models developed for several types of integrated Li-ion batteries consider the environmental temperature and ageing effects. Different current profiles for testing the robustness of the Kalman filter type estimators of the battery state of charge are used in this book. Additionally, the BMS can integrate a real-time model-based sensor Fault Detection and Isolation (FDI) scheme for a Li-ion cell undergoing degradation, which uses the recursive least squares (RLS) method to estimate the equivalent circuit model (ECM) parameters. This book will fully meet the demands of a large community of readers and specialists working in the field due to its attractiveness and scientific content with a great openness to the side of practical applicability. This covers various interesting aspects, especially related to the characterization of commercial batteries, diagnosis and optimization of their performance, experimental testing and statistical analysis, thermal modelling, and implementation of the most suitable Kalman filter type estimators of high accuracy to estimate the state of charge
    Keywords: arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) ; CMOS sensor ; direct laser lithography ; fiber Bragg grating (FBG) ; lithium-ion battery ; fault detection and isolation ; sensor fault ; battery model ; battery management systems ; battery degradation ; electric vehicles ; online parameter estimation ; recursive least squares ; parallel-connected cells ; measuring test bench ; current distribution ; tab contact resistance ; battery ; ultracapacitor ; supercapacitor ; electric mobility ; electric bus ; SAFT lithium-ion battery ; Simscape model ; 3RC ECM Li-ion battery model ; state of charge ; adaptive EKF SOC estimator ; adaptive UKF SOC estimator ; particle filter SOC estimator ; ADVISOR estimate ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues
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    New Advances on Nutrients Recovery from Agro-Industrial and Livestock Wastes for Sustainable Farming (2022)
    MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-09
    Description: This book collects six papers published in the Agronomy Special Issue "New Advances on Nutrients Recovery from Agro-Industrial and Livestock Wastes for Sustainable Farming" that aim to furnish new information on nutrients recovery from organic wastes.
    Keywords: Capsicum annuun L. ; compost tea ; bio-stimulant ; plant nutrients ; biocontrol ; pathogens ; wastewater ; rice straw ; cow manure ; Eisenia fetida ; biological parameters ; vermicomposting ; waste management ; germination ; microbial community ; organic fertilization ; wheat ; potatoes ; legume-cereal mix ; corn ; yield ; organic waste ; manure ; nematode community ; 16S ; bacterial community ; biological treatments ; biomass ; nutrients recovery ; recycle ; waste treatment ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues
    Language: English
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    Percorsi, flussi e persone nella progettazione ospedaliera (2022)
    Firenze University Press
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-23
    Description: What does it mean to design hospitals according to the flows while satisfying the users' needs? How do the different parts of the hospital body bind together? When can a spatial and functional relationship be rightly defined as close, adjacent or distant? How difficult is it to walk along a connection? The volume reconstructs the state of the art on the theme of people flows in hospitals, and identifies tools to support the project and management of the flow system within hospitals. In particular, it presents the innovative approach Space Syntax, born in the Anglo-Saxon world and used for highly complex building projects. The book offers an original contribution in a sector in which the need for studies combining research and professional activity has arisen.
    Keywords: thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AM Architecture ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TT Other technologies and applied sciences
    Language: Italian
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    Modeling and Simulation of Polymerization Processes (2022)
    MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-11
    Description: This reprint is a compilation of nine papers published in Processes, in a Special Issue on “Modeling and Simulation of Polymerization Processes”. It aimed to address both new findings on basic topics and the modeling of the emerging aspects of product design and polymerization processes. It provides a nice view of the state of the art with regard to the modeling and simulation of polymerization processes. The use of well-established methods (e.g., the method of moments) and relatively more recent modeling approaches (e.g., Monte Carlo stochastic modeling) to describe polymerization processes of long-standing interest in industry (e.g., rubber emulsion polymerization) to polymerization systems of more modern interest (e.g., RDRP and plastic pyrolysis processes) are comprehensively covered in the papers contained in this reprint.
    Keywords: dithiolactones ; RAFT polymerization ; kinetic modeling ; vinyl monomers ; methyl methacrylate ; polystyrene ; thermal pyrolysis ; nitroxide mediated polymerization ; mathematical modeling ; Poly(acrylic acid) ; free-radical polymerization ; reaction model ; process intensification ; semi-batch to continuous ; initiator feeding policies ; styrene ; Monte Carlo simulation ; polymer microstructure ; aqueous phase polymerization ; polyelectrolytes ; radical polymerization ; modeling and simulation ; emulsion polymerization ; styrene–butadiene rubber ; nitrile rubber ; ethylene polymerization ; metallocene ; zirconium-based catalyst ; organoboron compounds ; polymer grafting ; polymer synthesis ; polymer characterization ; polymer reaction engineering ; reversible deactivation radical polymerization ; nano-SiO2 ; silane coupling agent ; thermal stability ; mechanical parameter ; molecular simulation ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TD Industrial chemistry and manufacturing technologies::TDC Industrial chemistry and chemical engineering
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    Antibacterial Surfaces, Thin Films, and Nanostructured Coatings (2022)
    MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-09
    Description: Creating antibacterial surfaces is the primary approach in preventing the occurrence and diffusion of clinical infections and foodborne diseases as well as in contrasting the propagation of pandemics in everyday life. Proper surface engineering can inhibit microorganism spread and biofilm formation, can contrast antimicrobial resistance (AMR), and can avoid cross-contamination from a contaminated surface to another and eventually to humans. For these reasons, antibacterial surfaces play a key role in many applications, ranging from biomedicine to food and beverage materials, textiles, and objects with frequent human contact. The incorporation of antimicrobial agents within a surface or their addition onto a surface are very effective strategies to achieve this aim and to properly modify many other surface properties at the same time. In this framework, this Special Issue collects research studying several materials and methods related to the antibacterial properties of surfaces for different applications and discussions about the environmental and human-safety aspects.
    Keywords: nanocomposite ; mechanical properties ; cytotoxicity ; nanosilica ; antibiotics ; drug loading ; electrodeposition ; halloysite nanotubes ; zinc ; metal nanoparticles ; titanium implants ; cellulose ; silver ; nanoparticle ; antibacterial ; composite ; thin film ; xanthan gum ; zinc oxide ; quorum sensing ; biofilm ; virulence ; S. marcescens ; C. violaceum ; proteins ; titanium dioxide ; functionalization ; hybrid composites ; antimicrobial coatings ; aluminum-doped zinc oxide (AZO) ; RF sputtering (RFS) ; supersonic cluster beam deposition (SCBD) ; silver nanoparticles ; atomic force microscopy (AFM) ; health ; biomedical applications ; food packaging ; antibacterial coating ; antimicrobial peptide ; plasma polymer ; LL 37 ; Magainin ; Parasin ; bacterial attachment ; polylactide ; photodynamic ; supramolecular systems ; micelles ; drug delivery ; copolymers ; ring opening polymerization ; aPDT ; BODIPY ; antimicrobial ; polycaprolactone (PCL) ; nanofibers ; electrospinning ; sputtering ; antiviral ; biomedical ; bioremediation ; antifouling ; metal ions ; graphene ; antibiotic resistance ; foams ; biomaterials ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues
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    Advances in Control of Power Electronic Converters (2022)
    MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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    Publication Date: 2024-03-28
    Description: This book proposes a list of contributions in the field of control of power electronics converters for different topologies: DC-DC, DC-AC and AC-DC. It particularly focuses on the use of different advanced control techniques with the aim of improving the performances, flexibility and efficiency in the context of several operation conditions. Sliding mode control, fuzzy logic based control, dead time compensation and optimal linear control are among the techniques developed in the special issue. Simulation and experimental results are provided by the authors to validate the proposed control strategies.
    Keywords: Power ; electronic ; converters ; DC-DC ; DC-AC ; AC-DC ; Nonlinear ; control ; Microgrids ; Intelligent ; Hybrid ; Robust ; thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GP Research and information: general ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues
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    Coastal Morphology Assessment and Coastal Protection (2022)
    MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-09
    Description: Sediment, which collects in rivers and seas to secure a large amount of aggregate, reduces the supply of earth and sand to coasts. Dams and breakwaters constructed in various places also impede the transportation of earth and sand. Furthermore, the maintenance dredging of dam lakes and waterways will also disrupt the supply of sediment to coasts if the dredged sediment is not released back into the water system. Due to these development activities, coastal erosion has become a serious problem in many beaches around the world. Moreover, due to the excessive industrial activities of human beings, the exacerbation of natural disasters caused by global warming is becoming a real problem. In addition, because great earthquakes with a magnitude of 9 or more have occurred about three times per 100 years at boundaries of the Pacific Crust Plate and the Nazca Crust Plate since 1700, the possibility of losing many lives and assets in the Pacific coastal areas due to a huge tsunami caused by a great earthquake should not be underestimated. Therefore, research into the prevention and mitigation of coastal erosion and coastal disasters is becoming increasingly important. This Special Issue, “Coastal Morphology Assessment and Coastal Protection”, consists of five peer-reviewed papers, collected to contribute to the technological progress on the prevention of coastal erosion and coastal disaster resulting from large waves and tsunamis.
    Keywords: coastal dunes ; barrier dynamics ; overwash ; coastal erosion ; dune cannibalization ; tsunami inundation simulation ; topography change due to a huge tsunami ; wall/pillar resistance against tsunami ; CSG dike ; cross-shore profile ; sediment transport rates ; semi-enclosed sea ; sandy coast ; dune development ; gravel barrier beaches ; storms ; XBeach ; morphodynamic change ; bimodal spectrum ; car and ship ; container ; driftwood ; impact force ; large tsunami ; tsunami driftage ; n/a ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues
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    Microgrids (2022)
    MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-09
    Description: Microgrids are a growing segment of the energy industry, representing a paradigm shift from centralized structures toward more localized, autonomous, dynamic, and bi-directional energy networks, especially in cities and communities. The ability to isolate from the larger grid makes microgrids resilient, while their capability of forming scalable energy clusters permits the delivery of services that make the grid more sustainable and competitive. Through an optimal design and management process, microgrids could also provide efficient, low-cost, clean energy and help to improve the operation and stability of regional energy systems. This book covers these promising and dynamic areas of research and development and gathers contributions on different aspects of microgrids in an aim to impart higher degrees of sustainability and resilience to energy systems.
    Keywords: microgrid ; distribution network operator ; double externalities ; subsidy ; PV system ; PI controller ; fuzzy control ; MPPT ; tracking speed ; error ; Micro Grid ; VSG ; power sharing ; inertia support ; energy support ; small signal stability ; day-ahead operational scheduling ; reconfigurable microgrid ; DRNN Bi-LSTM ; aggregated load forecasting ; bulk photovoltaic power generation forecasting ; solar potential assessment ; resource mapping ; geographic information systems (GIS) ; site selection ; Iran ; earthquake ; power distribution network ; resilience improvement planning ; water distribution network ; load disaggregation ; non-intrusive load monitoring (NILM) ; dimensionality reduction ; principal component analysis (PCA) ; smart home ; solar renewable ; thermal load ; stochastic operation ; energy storage ; sustainability ; desalination ; renewable energy ; water–energy-nexus ; photovoltaic grid-connected system ; power fluctuation ; DC bus voltage stabilization ; prescribed performance ; command-filtered adaptive backstepping control ; centralized control architecture ; DC microgrid ; distributed control architecture ; electricity price constraint ; hybrid control architecture ; power flow control strategy ; data pre-processing ; electricity theft ; imbalance data ; parameter tuning ; smart grid ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues
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    DC & Hybrid Micro-Grids (2022)
    MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-09
    Description: This book is a printed version of the papers published in the Special Issue “DC & Hybrid Microgrids” of Applied Sciences. This Special Issue, co-organized by the University of Pisa, Italy and Østfold University College in Norway, has collected nine papers and the editorial, from 28 submitted, with authors from Asia, North America and Europe. The published articles provide an overview of the most recent research advances in direct current (DC) and hybrid microgrids, exploiting the opportunities offered by the use of renewable energy sources, battery energy storage systems, power converters, innovative control and energy management strategies.
    Keywords: energy management strategy (EMS) ; distributed generator (DG) ; state of charge (SoC) ; circuit breaker (CB) ; standard test condition (STC) ; photovoltaic (PV) ; solar ; microgrid ; droop control ; patrol base ; islanded DC microgrid ; battery-only operation ; constant power load ; CPL ; floating DC bus ; stability criterion ; power management ; AC/DC distribution network ; distributed generator ; planning ; timing characteristics ; genetic-ant colony hybrid algorithm ; forest microgrid ; biomass energy ; operation mode-based sectional coordinated control ; hybrid energy storage ; predictive control ; inertia improvement ; unbalanced electric bridge ; DC insulation monitoring ; ground capacitance ; three-point climbing algorithm ; islanding detection ; DC grid ; active islanding detection method ; injected signal cancellation ; multi-distributed generations ; perturbation signal ; photovoltaic system ; direct current (DC) microgrid ; stability ; constant power loads ; large transmission line inductive ; simplified circuit model ; virtual negative inductance ; micro-grid ; hybrid micro-grid ; smart grid ; battery energy storage ; renewable energy sources (RES) ; hybrid vehicles (HEV) ; full-electric vehicles (EV) ; Bidirectional converters ; direct current (DC) grid ; hybrid microgrid ; bidirectional converters ; thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues
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    Remembering and Forgetting the Ancient City (2022)
    Oxbow Books | Oxbow Books
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    Publication Date: 2024-04-02
    Description: The Greco-Roman world is identified in the modern mind by its cities. This includes both specific places such as Athens and Rome, but also an instantly recognizable style of urbanism wrought in marble and lived in by teeming tunic-clad crowds. Selective and misleading this vision may be, but it speaks to the continuing importance these ancient cities have had in the centuries that followed and the extent to which they define the period in subsequent memory. Although there is much that is mysterious about them, the cities of the Roman Mediterranean are, for the most part, historically known. That the names and pasts of these cities remain known to us is the product of an extraordinary process of remembering and forgetting stretching back to antiquity that took place throughout the former Roman world. This volume tackles this subject of the survival and transformation of the ancient city through memory, drawing upon the methodological and theoretical lenses of memory studies and resilience theory to view the way the Greco-Roman city lived and vanished for the generations that separate the present from antiquity.This book analyzes the different ways in which urban communities of the post-Antique world have tried to understand and relate to the ancient city on their own terms, examining it as a process of forgetting as well as remembering. Many aspects of the ancient city were let go as time passed, but those elements that survived, that were actively remembered, have shaped the many understandings of what it was. In order to do so, this volume assembles specialists in multiple fields to bring their perspectives to bear on the subject through eleven case studies that range from late Antiquity to the mid-twentieth century, and from the Iberian Peninsula to Iran. Through the examination of archaeological remains, changing urban layouts and chronicles, travel guides and pamphlets, they track how the ancient city was made useful or consigned to oblivion.
    Keywords: History ; Ancient ; Rome ; Social Science ; Archaeology ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history ; thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NK Archaeology
    Language: English
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